Trying to answer what responsible tourism means to me, and ways you can help to learn more about better child protection in the travel & tourism industry.
Travel Tips
A wrap-up of the Great American Hipster Project including hipster highlights from Texas, Ohio, Canada and hipster cities: San Francisco, NYC & Boston
Want to learn how to make a sock monkey? Attend a Strumpfaffen workshop in Berlin or buy one as a gift with all proceeds donated to a charity in India.
What are your reasons for wanting to travel? Here are four reasons why I believe people like myself are so interested in travel.
On my recent trip to Catalunya, I flew from Berlin to Barcelona on Vueling. I’d never heard of the budget airline before but on my way to Tegel Airport I noticed several ads. That’s always how these things work out—something you’ve never seen nor heard of is suddenly everywhere. Anyways, Vueling is new to the …
When I first landed in Israel (well, walked into Israel, really), I had little idea of what to expect. Coming from Egypt, I was already used to the Middle Eastern lifestyle (ie, things move slow…) so when I first arrived in Jerusalem, I was pleasantly surprised to find a city all mixed up in modernity …
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
One of my favorite photography galleries in Berlin is the C/O gallery. While they’ve hosted interesting photography exhibits in the past, one of my favorite reasons for visiting the photo gallery is the building itself. The C/O gallery is currently housed in the old Royal Post Office (Postfuhramt) building. The building, on a prominent corner …
A few weeks back I found myself briefly homeless. If you’re an expat, especially in Berlin, you’re probably familiar with short-term holiday apartment rentals. When I came to Berlin over the summer, I never expected to actually stay so long, but here I still am. And much of that is thanks to short-term apartments. Which, …
I’ve been blogging for over two years now, and with my recent site redesign (are you reading this via RSS? if so, click through and check out my MASSIVE SITE REDESIGN), I’ve decided to take this travel blogging thing a bit more seriously. I mean, I’ve taken it seriously to begin with. I love sharing …