Founder Nadege Conger crossed a bucket-list trip off her list with an Archaeological Institute of America tour of Egypt. She shares an educational immersion into shared global history, and what it meant to see these landmarks in person.
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We recently had the opportunity to reconnect with author Alix Christie and her husband, Ludwig Siegele at the historic House of Shields bar (open since 1908) in downtown San Francisco, California. A longtime SabbaticalHomes.com member, Alix and her family have traveled throughout the world and…
Venice has long inspired us, so much that San Michele Cemetery Island has anchored our homepage for years. Founder Nadege Conger returned this summer, and shares why the city keeps drawing her back.
Sustainability has been part of the SabbaticalHomes mission since Nadege Conger founded the site in 2000. In that spirit, we talk with Professor Rachel Dodds about sustainable tourism and how travelers can tread more lightly.
We sat down with Badia Ahad-Legardy, PhD, and Anthony Ocampo, PhD, to talk about their work in academia, diversity in higher education, and the collaboration behind their Professor-ing podcast.
Over coffee at the Cafeotheque in Paris, founder Nadege Conger met Dr. Florian Lionnet to hear about his work preserving an endangered language in Chad. They discussed the challenges of the research and why it matters.
“I’m tired of storing our dreams. Let’s live them!” For Teresa O’Kane and Scott Soper, this mantra has served them very well over the years. They have figured out a wonderful way to balance their professional lives with their nomadic love of exploring the world….
Sandy Dutro’s Big Sur home sits right on the coast, private and wrapped in nature. She loves welcoming friends, family, and SabbaticalHomes guests to her retreat by the ocean, and shares what makes it special.
Dr. Kirk Dolan and his family have lived in Taiwan since early 2020, riding out the pandemic in one of the few places to nearly contain it. The professor shares what that experience has been like.
What happens when two academics move their three school-age children from Logan, Utah to the Big Island of Hawaii for a semester? The Warren family shares how they made the leap, what daily life looked like, and what a few months in paradise taught them about work, family, and change of place.