Travels of Adam

A few days ago I wrote about the Toyko Fiber Senseware exhibition at the Design Museum in Holon. What I purposely neglected to mention was the architecture of the museum itself. Absolutely stunning. Read the rest of this entry »

Last week I finally got to Holon to check out the new Design Muesum. I’d first read about it in Time Out Israel (quite possibly my favorite magazine series of all time) over a month ago, so it was nice to finally check out the museum.

The exhibit, titled “Toyko Fiber, Senseware,” was mostly about fabric and fiber. Everything was about touching (but don’t touch the actual exhibits!) and strange, new, synthetic fibers being used for unique purposes. Read the rest of this entry »

One of the benefits of this blog being titled “Travels of ADAM” means I can post whatever I please. Because this is my travel adventure and you get what you get! So that’s why you’re getting a post about my new haircut. Are you excited yet? Read the rest of this entry »

Travels of Adam? Travels of a wombat. Wombat Wednesday follows Mr Wombat on his travels around the world.

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A lame attempt as part of the Hipsters Around the World series on travelsofadam.com.

Haifa is Israel’s 3rd (or maybe 4th…I’m not sure) largest city. (Actually, defining an Israeli’s city size is a complicated, political affair—one I don’t really want to get into.) Well, whatever. It’s a big city and it’s in northern Israel along the Mediterranean Coast. Not really a major tourist city, there were no hostels to be found, but luckily it’s big on CouchSurfing.

When I told people I was going to Haifa for the weekend, many Israelis said “Why?” Well, no reason, really, except I wanted to see the Baha’i Gardens which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site (I think?). You can tell this post was well-researched, can’t you? Read the rest of this entry »

I like being here. I really do.

Without sounding too naive (or optimistic?), it really feels like there is a lot happening here. Maybe this is just the first time I’ve been so aware of what’s actually happening here (it is). Maybe this is just the first time I’ve really been able to dedicate any time to a cause or belief (it is). Maybe I’m just an ignorant fool (probably). No matter the reason, I like being here. I like seeing things. Read the rest of this entry »

If you know me, you probably know that I can’t shut up about how awesome Twitter is. I’ve used it for a lot of things, most notably planning my current Big Trip. But I’ve also used it to meet other people interested in travel.

I think I’ve said this before, but while I was in Boston I couldn’t talk much about my future travel plans. My friends (many of whom I’d sworn to secrecy about my future travel plans) got bored of my incessant talk about quitting my job & “traveling.” And they certainly got tired of hearing about how I was up until 4am the night before and how I’d just successfully figured out how to “move a widget with some CSS code… and I inserted a rule to appear above every headline!” I can’t blame them.

My head was into travel. For minimum 6 months before leaving, almost everything about my life was about travel. “Can’t go out tonight…trying to save for an elephant ride in Thailand.” I imagine people got sick of hearing things like that. Understandable.

But then I figured out that I wasn’t alone! There were heaps of other travelers out there and they were all thinking the same things. I must meet these folks, I said. (to myself. my friends had stopped listening.) Read the rest of this entry »