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A Wanderlust For Life is a European food and travel blog. We are Sean and Jessica and are based in Amsterdam, we travel all around Europe and share our adventures here and on our social media (you can find those links above!). We love those experiences that you just have to write home about and enjoy exploring the local culture through food, drinks, and good company.

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AD | Catania, Italy We have almost completed a fu

AD | Catania, Italy

We have almost completed a full 14-day quarantine after returning from Sicily. Let me tell you...I miss it! We were supposed to return hope just this past weekend, so we didn't stay nearly as long and we planned or wanted to. And we certainly didn't eat as much as we wanted to!

Even on our brief trip, we fell in love with Sicily...well, Catania, anyway. We used the @marcopologuides for Sicily to make the most of the super short time we had. We will be going back to Sicily, hopefully this year, and taking a road trip...which we've already mapped out with the help of the maps in the back of the book.

We love the Italian islands because they are so unique. Sicily is famous for Mt. Etna which we had a view of everyday from our room and were treated to a fly-around when we left the island to come home. Wanna see Mt. Etna photos? Yes, I think you might! Leave a 🏔 in comments and I'll share some stunning photos soon.

Over to you! Where have you been where you've just fallen in love with the city so quickly?

SICILY, ITALY *Press trip* Real talk comin' at ya

SICILY, ITALY
*Press trip* Real talk comin' at ya

I've been getting the feeling that we aren't supposed to talk about Italy. But, why? Sure, it's not wise to travel right this second, but that will change.

This is a bit of a latergram situation because I wasn't sure what to do or what to share.
Sean and I came to Sicily to attend the @tbexevents conference which was cancelled due to the Corona Virus or Covid-19. Fair enough. The US (where the tour people and many attendees are based) may make it hard to return even though Sicily (an island at the south of mainland Italy) wasn't considered an issue.

For us, we were combining the conference with our 10 year wedding anniversary (this Saturday) so we came anyway. We were going to work with an incredible company, @sicilyactivities , to celebrate this big milestone.
I wanted this to be an epic trip.

Then, after recording an update for Instagram stories that I never got to publish, we were in a bar and the news was on. All the (already minimal staff) gathered around to listen. Then we got an update on WhatsApp...Italy has gone "red". I cried...hard. It was all ruined, I thought.

They implemented a quarantine-type situation with strong recommendations to not leave your house, restaurants are to close at 6pm, public spaces should be closed, museums and monuments were already closed, and so on. It's intense.
Turns out, walking around yesterday made us want to come back even more.

WE ARE SAFE and leaving on Thursday assuming @klm runs our flight. (Please do!) There is no panic here...only a desire to abide by the new rules. That means no more bars (that was going to be a fun blog post!) and no dinners out. It's all good, though, because this will blow over and we will be back! We cannot wait to explore Sicily more and work with amazing companies that want nothing more than to share the best of their island.

For now, we share some photos from our too-short trip so you can plan to visit once its completely safe to do so.

I'm in love with this orange tree patch. How about you?

Leave me an 🍊 below if you read the whole thing. And let me know if you've been to Sicily or if it's on your list!

Blue skies...we miss you! We keep getting hit with

Blue skies...we miss you! We keep getting hit with storms every weekend. Hopefully, this all stops soon and spring will be on its way!

If you are coming to the Netherlands for the tulips in a couple months, we have a helpful guide for you in the bio! We have info on the regular fields everyone knows about and a bunch of ways to see the tulip fields without the crowds!

Hello there! Been a while, hasn't it? Well...betw

Hello there!

Been a while, hasn't it? Well...between working on a bunch of content, applying for my permanent residency in the Netherlands, renewing my passport, and having a balanced life, posting on my feed has taken a back seat. Hope you don't mind! I do still love posting on stories 😉

But, I didn't want to leave you hanging on here too long. Winter in Amsterdam isn't the prettiest and we usualy don't have blue skies, so today I wanted to show you what I see in my favorite city...even when it isn't at its prettiest.

Thinking of puttting together some of my favorite photo spots in Amsterdam in a blog post. Would you be interested in that?

MERRY CHRISTMAS! (Photo from Gothenburg, Sweden)

MERRY CHRISTMAS!
(Photo from Gothenburg, Sweden)

We are spending it cozy in our home in Amsterdam surrounded by friends and good food. Sean's busy making a feast for 4 people...needless to say, we'll have tons of leftovers 😂

We feel so grateful for this year and look forward to 2020!

AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS My love. My city. My adopt

AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS

My love. My city. My adopted home.

You are the prettiest thing. How do you do it? Thank you for being the perfect place for us. Thank you being welcoming, easy to get around, and being full of life and surprises.
We both couldn't be happier to live in this diverse well-known city.
We do ask that when you visit our city to be respectful. We LOVE helping visitors when we see they need a little assistance and most people are awesome! But if you come here to party, keept in mind we love here. A bunch of people live here. They want to keep their home nice. Please don't be crazy loud, acting a fool, or litter.
Please visit! Enjoy! Just be respectful. This isn't a city made just for you, it's made for all of us.

AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS It's full-on holiday seaso

AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS

It's full-on holiday season here in the Netherlands! For the first time in the 5 years we've here, I ice skated on this ice rink. I haven't skated in so long that it was really hard and I used muscles I forgot I had 😂
Ice skating in Amsterdam is just one fun thing you can get into this winter around the holidays! There's a new blog post AND video all about it. Definitely watch the video to see how I did with ice skating 😉

What's your favorite thing to do in winter? Can be at home or when traveling.

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