Posts By Carla Bastos
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535News & BuzzCarla Bastos aboard the Odyssey: Is round-the-world cruising the next Digital Nomad trend?
Villa Vie Residences’ residential cruise ship Odyssey waited months to depart Belfast, Northern Ireland on its inaugural 3.5-year circumnavigation. While enduring both...
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719Travel‘We’ve only just begun’: Around the world in 3.5 years on the Villa Vie Odyssey
Villa Vie Odyssey’s long-awaited 3.5-year residential world cruise is finally underway. After several delays from its planned 15 May launch, the ship...
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721Expat EssentialsCarla Bastos: The ins and outs of global medical insurance
As residents prepare for the launch of the historic Villa Vie Odyssey world cruise in just a couple of weeks, some of...
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709TravelCarla Bastos: Dreaming of a multi-year world cruise? Do your research
The failed Life at Sea around-the-world cruise has become the stuff of legend. The three-year excursion was billed as a dream journey...
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713TravelCarla Bastos: Think Tuscany when a mid-winter getaway is in order
It’s Valentine’s Day! It’s the start of Lent! It’s (sort of, almost) springtime! A great article in the current edition of one...
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870News & Buzz‘Piano, piano’: Carla Bastos on Italy’s (maddeningly) laid-back work culture
When I walked into the local post office in Sesto Fiorentino the week before Christmas, I breathed a sigh of relief upon...
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875News & BuzzChristmas at Mercato della Cascine, Italy’s ‘non-Christmas market’
It’s Christmas Market time again, and here in Italy, no matter how many times you’ve visited the famed markets, they never get...
