1/ Everyone believes the same theory: the hotter the country, the warmer the people. Montesquieu wrote it down in 1748. The studies found something more interesting.

1/ Thailand cut visa-free stays from 60 days to 30. The Cabinet approved it 19 May 2026. The era of casually basing in Chiang Mai on a tourist visa is closing.

A summer stay worth driving for: Villa Riviera Resort in Lavagna, on the Ligurian coast between Portofino and the Cinque Terre. Two old villas in a 15,000-sqm park. Adults-only. Fifteen rooms. An infinity pool over the gulf. I went for a few nights and barely left the hill.

A noticing from years of solo travel: I'm never lonelier in a strange city alone than I am at home. At home, solitude is comfortable — which is the problem. Comfort doesn't push you outward. Somewhere new, the searching is its own kind of company.

Italy just narrowed jure sanguinis. 2 generations now, not 3. Great-grandparents no longer count. Even within the two-generation window, your ancestor must have been exclusively Italian when they died. For the millions in the diaspora quietly counting on it - mostly closed.

"A taste of freedom can make you unemployable." Naval Ravikant said this. He was right. But nobody mentions what fills the space where the boss used to be.