Category: Culture


Is long-term solo travel… lonely?

written by Benny Lewis

Whether or not I feel lonely in travelling by myself for such a long time is one of the biggest questions I get asked when people hear about my lifestyle of over eight years of solo travel, and something I’ll tell you all about today. What you read may surprise you!


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17 cultural clashes this European had in America

17 cultural clashes this European had in America

written by Benny Lewis

I wrote this article many years ago, but I still feel like this country is exceptionally weird, and that’s even long before any of the current political climate came on the scene. I share my thoughts honestly here, so if you are pissed off easily, don’t read this post. Although plenty of (American) commenters agree […]


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Reading time: 31 minutes

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Frequently asked questions for a long term traveller

written by Benny Lewis

The post I wrote over the summer about the 29 life lessons learned in 8 years travelling, stirred up a lot of interest (it’s been read by almost a half a million individuals) but it led to a lot of questions. Some I have hinted to in various blog posts, but I’m going to try […]


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Multilingual San Francisco: Susanna takes on Spanish, Italian & Russian; Benny interviews Brazilians in Portuguese [video]

Multilingual San Francisco: Susanna takes on Spanish, Italian & Russian; Benny interviews Brazilians in Portuguese [video]

written by Benny Lewis

Title explains it all! 🙂 I met up with Susanna, who has guest posted for this blog on the topic of “Language is music” and who has her own site about language learning, and she had a great idea to make a multilingual video together to show how any city in the states has plenty […]

How to travel the world like Indiana Jones

written by Matt Kepnes

While I mostly talk about language learning here on Fi3M, I know a lot of you follow the blog for the travel/culture aspect of it, since travel can indeed be a huge adventure for so many of us. So today’s guest post is from Matt Kepnes, who runs Nomadic Matt’s travel site. I’ve met Matt […]


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Spending a week in the desert at Burning Man

Spending a week in the desert at Burning Man

written by Benny Lewis

Back in 2008, I made a video about a very interesting event that takes place in the desert in Nevada, which you can view at the bottom of this post (you can also listen to the commentary, with subtitles for the interviews, in French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Irish and Esperanto.) Now, this is where I’m […]


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How to travel the world on the cheap

How to travel the world on the cheap

written by Benny Lewis

Today I’ve written a guest post on Get Rich Slowly about How to learn a foreign language without spending a cent. Check it out for a list of my favourite free resources as well as a generally great website that J.D. Roth runs for saving money and spending it wisely. That post is necessary to remind […]


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Istanbul not Constantinople, Benny’s music video in Turkish

written by Benny Lewis

My time in Istanbul is officially over – for the next two weeks I’ll be with my family in Ireland before hitting the road again. (To find out where I’m going and clues of what the next language will be, see Facebook) But to wrap up my time in Istanbul, I’d like to share this […]