Skip to primary navigation
Skip to main content
Skip to footer

Home
Travel
Sustainability
Food
Expat Life
Reviews
All Blog Posts
About ⋁

Nav Social Menu

Tilted Map

Travel, sustainability & life between two cultures

Travel

12 Life Lessons from Six Years of Travel Blogging

Local’s Guide to Train Travel in Italy [Italo vs. TrenItalia vs. ItaliaRail]

My Favorite Restaurants in Italy, So Far

My Favorite Non-fiction Books for Traveling Vicariously While Stuck at Home

The Future of Travel, Post-Pandemic

Porto Layover: Food, Wine, Photos & Advice from Locals

Two Days in Portugal & Tips for Couchsurfing

It’s 2020… Is Couchsurfing Still a Thing?

Do I Honestly Need a VPN for Travel? (Advice from a Tech Expert)

A Look at US Culture via the “Most American” City in the USA

Detroit, USA: Train Travel in the Motor City

What is Italy’s “Ferragosto” and Why Am I Not On Vacation?

Go to page 1
Go to page 2
Go to Next Page »

Want to Read More? Subscribe below!

If you get my posts via social media, that's great! But those websites change their algorithms all the time, and that can leave people not seeing my posts. Signing up for emails is the surest way to see when I write something new!

First Name Last Name (optional) E-Mail Address

(Don't worry, I never send more than one email a week. Often less.)

Today is another day of global climate action (the

Today is another day of global climate action (the first one of 2020 where some events happening in-person), and that's a reason for hope, not despair. ✨Did you know train travel in Italy emits about 75% less CO2 than flying the same route? Sustainable travel is ALREADY possible, we just need leadership to make it mainstream and accessible. That’s why we’re long overdue for something – anything – like a #GreenNewDeal in the US. I’ve lived in 4 other countries (Spain, France, Italy & China) where sustainable, accessible, low-carbon transportation isn’t The Future, it’s old news. I can’t wait to be able to say the same about the country where I’m from . ✌ In the photo 📷: One of Italy's less glamorous trains, at a rural stop near the gorgeous town of #Perugia. ON THE BLOG: The most travel-y article I wrote this summer – a super complete Guide to Train Travel in Italy, for when we're ready to get out there again. [Link in bio].....#FridaysForFuture #ClimateActionNow #FightClimateInjustice #FaceTheClimateEmergency #climatestrike #MoveTheDate #SustainableFuture #SheTravelsGreen#climatechangeisreal #climateemergency#ClimateJusticeNow #climatereality #ThisIsSustainable@italiarail #traintravel #sustainabletravel #italybyrail#travelbloggersofig #travelbloggervibes #ecotravel#ecoblog #italyblog #italytravel #railways_of_our_world

From a couple of weeks ago, when sleeping outside

From a couple of weeks ago, when sleeping outside in Montana still felt a little more doable without venturing into “winter camping” territory. ❄️ If you haven’t seen it yet, I wrote a ✨ life update blog post ✨ about what I’m doing in Montana (hiding) and what’s next (more sustainability + travel writing on the blog, and I have no idea otherwise). LINK IN BIO. 📸: My adventure partner @theaviaoexperience . PS: Thanks @REI for letting me set up multiple tents in the middle of your store to test out. We love this one from @nemoequipment . (Lots of head room!)....#optoutside #AdventureAnywhere #theadventurenetwork#optoutside🌲#getoutsidemore#optoutdoors#findyouradventure#getoutdoors#montanagram#montanalife#conscioustravel#mindfultravel#travelalways#localtourism#localtravel#sustainabletourism#slowtravel#shetravelsgreen#thetravelisfemale#wanderwomeninc#traveldames#travelette#femaletravelbloggers#travelgirlsgo#citizenfemme#shetravels#realtravelwomen

Slowly saying goodbye to a summer spent hiking, re

Slowly saying goodbye to a summer spent hiking, reading, thinking about the world, avoiding stress (unsuccessfully), avoiding people (pretty successfully)… and taking these glamor shots of #zerowaste products in my parents' back yard. Life has gotten a little weird, but let's not just go back to normal. I also wrote some in-depth reviews of #sustainableproducts this summer. Here’s why: ✨ How we travel and who we spend our money with can make things... better. Being a consumer holds a lot of power. So vote, but also vote with your dollar. ✨ LINK IN BIO: Reviews of all of these plastic-eliminating products I tested this summer. (And more coming soon!) It may feel like a small thing to stop buying shampoo and laundry detergent in plastic bottles, but everything adds up! .....#votewithyourdollar#waronplastic#choosetorefuse#plasticfreeoceans#plasticsucks#goingzerowaste#zerowasteliving#plasticfree#lowwasteliving#breakfreefromplastic#plasticfreeliving#wastefree#zerowastelifestyle#lesswaste#climateaction#ecoblog#ecoblogger#blogginglife

Fashion Week is starting in Milan this week. It's

Fashion Week is starting in Milan this week. It's one of the events my former home-base is most famous for. (Milan is probably the least dramatic of Italy's major tourist cities – no Colosseum, no canals, no turquoise Mediterranean Sea, but lots of shopping.)⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀None of this is what I miss about Milan. I miss things like this -- the beautiful little architectural details, just hidden in plain sight all over the city.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀But I'm happy for Italy that #FashionWeek is happening at all this fall! The event in February ended dramatically as COVID spread, and Italy (especially Milan and other northern cities) went through hell with the virus this spring. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀But they took it seriously. 😷 They had uniform leadership and consequences for people who broke the mask and social distance rules – and now they're in much better shape than us here in the US.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Live and learn, I hope. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀#milanfashionweek2020⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀#milanfashionweek ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀#travelbloggers⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀#expatblogger⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀#expatlife⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀#thirdculture⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀#bestmilanopics⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀#visitmilan⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀#milano_bestphoto⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀#milanodavedere⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀#italyblog⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀#viaggiainitalia⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀#italy_hidden_gems⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀#borghiitaliani⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀#borghipiubelliditalia⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀#italianlandscapes⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀#italyiloveyou⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀#visititaly⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀#whatitalyis⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀#nomadicnetwork⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀#itravelbecause⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀#travelbloggervibes⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀#totravelistolive⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀#travelpost⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀#traveltagged⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀#italianarchitecture⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀#italyarchitecture⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀#architecturephotography

I read a lot of Ruth Bader Ginsberg's work in coll

I read a lot of Ruth Bader Ginsberg's work in college. And you know what I remember from it? She made me feel like I was correct in acting like I deserved to be treated just as well as everyone else. I hope everyone has had an influence like that in their lives. 📷 In this photo: me in China, in 2014, a recent grad with a new pixie cut and job shocking college students with my extremely foreign ideas (AKA teaching English abroad), and @jinanandtonic , who maybe only became my friend that year because of this shirt. Thanks again for the t-shirt, @bhdahl . Best gift ever...#riprgb #notoriousrgb #restinpower #rolemodel #equality

View on Instagram

Footer

Subscribe to Posts via Email

(Emails once a week or less.)

First Name Last Name (optional) E-Mail Address

How to Support This Blog ❤️

If you enjoy what I write, you can contribute a few "thank you" dollars here!

Blog
About
Contact
Work With Me
Privacy Policy

Searching for Something?

Search this website

Get easy updates on Facebook:

Copyright © 2020 · Ketti Wilhelm & Ketti Wilhelm Communications LLC | All Rights Reserved