Review of the Ostello Santa Fosca—a hostel in downtown Venice. The good and the bad for this Venice hostel.
Europe
Info about the kiez culture in Berlin, with some of my favorite places in Kreuzberg. The Reichenberger Strasse kiez (neighborhood) is the epicenter of cool.
Don’t be fooled by my smile in this photo. It’s all just a show. Currywurst—that abomination of sausage—is one of Berlin’s most famous landmarks. But is it really that special? No! It’s the worst… What the eff is currywurst? Currywurst is boring. In basic terms it’s a hot dog cut up into pieces and slathered …
Photos from a vulture feeding in Tremp, Catalonia (Catalunya) with Photo Logistics—a nature photography company that specializes in European nature photography.
A weekend trip to Belgium reveals that the country is weird—but in a good way! Quirky museums and funny customs.
German culture is perfectly open to public nudity. I disrobe twice—once in a German spa and again in Berlin’s Tiergarten for some naked sunbathing in Berlin.
Petrella Guidi is a medieval village and historical hideaway in Italy. Ancient medieval architecture, beautiful gardens & a memorial to Fellini.
There’s an incredible amount of diversity among GLBT people & days like Christopher Street Day in Berlin bring out truly awesome colors. Photos from CSD 2012.
Photos of the very pretty Potsdam (day trip from Berlin) and its palaces & colorful parks, notably the Rococo Sanssouci summer palace.
Torre Argentina, the site of Caesar’s assassination is now home to the Torre Argentina Cat Sancturary—a refuge for the cats of Rome.