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Esperanza renace - Pam Muñoz Ryan This book centres around Esperanza, the daughter of a wealthy Mexican family who owns their own land. The day before Esperanza's birthday, her father is murdered, and the family finds themselves having to flee the ranch they call their home. They decide to flee to the United States with their former servants, and once there, they all have to adjust to their new life in a farm camp. At first, Esperanza struggles to adjust, since she is used to

Welcome to another travel blog post! Today, I'm going to walk you through everything I did, saw, and ate in San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico. This was a very last-minute trip. We booked it two weeks before flying out, and I literally planned the entire trip in about an hour. DAY 1: The first day was mostly just arrival and check-in. We had a MAJOR inconvenience at the Toronto airport, since we had to check our luggage in ourselves using the automatic check-in lanes. Howev

The Snowman by Jo Nesbø I'm going to start this list with the book I am currently reading. I just started it not that long ago, and I'm already more than halfway through. I believe this book is originally written in Norwegian, but since I have not yet learned that language, I am currently reading the English translation. However, I would be quite interested to see if I could read the original Norwegian text, since I speak Swedish, which is extremely similar to Norwegian. The

If you know me at all, then you'll know that when I travel, I'm usually MUCH more about sight-seeing and trying local food. I had never...

Hello, fellow travel enthusiasts! In this blog post, I'm going to be showing and honestly reviewing everything I ate during my short trip...

A video of me speaking Portuguese after 2 years of learning I have been learning Portuguese for about two years now, and although I can't...

Brussels day trip dump If you follow me on Instagram @anne.polyglotadventurer, then you already know that I went to Paris a couple of...

My day trip to Rouen Last week, I went to Paris, France for about a week, but decided to also fit in a day trip to Rouen, Normandy. It...

My progress about 3 months into learning Italian If you follow me on Instagram @anne.polyglotadventurer then you know that I started learning Italian this year (2025). Some of you commented that I have already made so much progress in the language, so I thought I would share with you four resources I have used to start learning Italian. Keep in mind though, that part of the reason I have been able to pick up Italian relatively quickly, is that I already know French and Spanis

The Ruins of Saint Paul's I recently went to visit Hong Kong, where I grew up. As a kid, my parents and I would often take the ferry to...