Nick Robertson

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Location
Budapest, Hungary
School
University of California — Santa Barbara
Expertise
International Backpacking, Coastal Sailing, Culinary Travel
  • Nick joined a photographer to hop freight trains around California for weeks while writing a Trips Magazine cover article about the hobo lifestyle, his first nationally published travel feature.
  • As a longtime expat in Hungary, he served as editor-in-chief of Where Budapest Magazine and senior editor of We Love Budapest, covering the city's attractions, culture, and luxury hotels.
  • He was a crew member aboard sailboats competing in the Hardway Race from Santa Barbara to Ventura and the Hook Race from Hilton Head Island to Savannah.

Experience

Nick is a features writer for Islands and a features editor for Tasting Table, who divides his time between the U.S. and Budapest. He embarked on his international journalism career in 2000 by working as a research editor for Islands Magazine under the leadership of Joan Tapper, the founding editor of National Geographic Traveler. He later set forth on extended bohemian journeys across Mexico, the Caribbean, and Europe, where he first visited Budapest as a backpacker before residing in Hungary's capital as an expat for well over a decade, writing freelance articles along the way about varied travel destinations. Following another long-term trip around Southeast Asia, Nick returned Stateside to work as a reporter for the Savannah Morning News, covering the pandemic and the 2020 U.S. election in Georgia.

Education

Nick has a bachelor's degree in English from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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