Near Stuttgart, the Ritter Sport chocolate factory has a museum dedicated entirely to squares. Museum Ritter embraces the Ritter square marketing in a fun way.
europe is boring, expensive and difficult for travel during the summer. check out my excuses for avoiding europe, but also why i still love this crazy continent
the who/what/where/when/why of my inspiration for traveling. here’s a hint, it involves a hostel in poland, my sister, a boat in sydney and a weekend in iceland
When I visited my hometown of Grapevine, Texas for Thanksgiving last year, I had the opportunity to visit several of the city’s tourist attractions. One of the ones I was most interested in visiting was Grapevine’s Legoland. LEGOS! These Legoland Discovery Centers aren’t in many places around the world—Berlin, Chicago, Tokyo, Manchester…and Grapevine. GRAPEVINE!?! Most …
I’m not a poet, but Berlin during summertime and the ubiquitous Berlin späti (spaeti) makes me sing with excitement! What’s a späti? Read more after the poem :) You’re where I go when I’m thirsty, And after a night out of being dirty. Both before and after Berghain, And always on my way to Friedrichshain. …
On my recent trip to Brighton with the England Tourism Board, I also had the opportunity to visit a few Royal sites in London. My knowledge of the British monarchy is pretty slim (I know there’s something to do with a sword in a stone, and a church, and a beheaded Queen locked up in …
The absolute highlight of my Christmas in Jordan trip (yes, I liked this even more than Petra), was camping overnight in Wadi Rum. When I was in the Middle East on my round-the-world trip, everything was always about the Bedouins. In Sinai we had Bedouin tea and sat on Bedouin chairs and ate Bedouin food. …
well hey, a blogpost— Went to see a Shakespeare play this weekend with some friends—Romeo und Julia. Besides briefly running into some sort of outdoor Shakespeare production at Görlitzer Park last summer, I haven’t seen any theater production in years. And though this one was nice and all…it was in German. Shakespeare in German seemed …
In my continued quest to find inspiration, yesterday I visited the Hamburger Bahnhof museum. The museum (in an old train station) exhibits mostly contemporary art but I hadn’t yet visited despite living in Berlin for who knows how long…. I was most interested in the temporary exhibit featuring work by the Japanese composer & visual …
When I visited Vienna last summer, besides almost immediately noticing how pretty and “put-together” the city appeared, I quickly became fascinated with all the posters advertising festivals, stores, exhibits and other miscellany around town. In a city renowned for its art, design & creative culture, the posters stood out quite a bit. One in particular …