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
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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 …
It’s the end beginning of the year and my inspiration (something I was looking for a few months ago) has come and gone. So, for a little recap of my travels, enjoy this travel meme: The ABCs of travel. (Thank you to Cheryl and Nicole for tagging me) Age you went on your first international …
When most people think of Vienna, opera houses and dead classical composers probably come to mind. At least, that’s what I expected before I visited the city over the summer. Vienna has a big reputation for being a “pretty” European capital. Each European city seems to have it’s charming adjective: romantic Paris, sprawling London, cheap …
Recap of my summer month living as a hipster in Berlin, from dancing at gay bars to getting a summer job in Berlin.
If you’ve been following my summer as a hipster Berliner series on Tumblr, you may have seen that I went to a Polaroid exhibit at C/O Berlin a few days ago. The exhibit of Berlin-born photographer Sibylle Bergemann’s 140 Polaroids was better than expected. And I was expecting something pretty good.
Note: this is an archived post from when I was nearing the end of my round-the-world trip in 2011. I’ve been abroad for nearly 14 months now. In that time, I can irrefutably tell you that this has been the most important, most exciting, most interesting 14 months of my life thus far. It would …
There are a lot of ways to have a successful travel blog, but if you’re interested and serious about it, I’d recommend joining SuperstarBlogging–an online course and community with the information & resources you’ll need to create your own successful travel blog. I joined Travel Blog Success when it first launched in early 2010 and …
Note: This is an archived post from 2011 back in the early heyday of travel blogging. I’m happy to be hosting Round 11 of Photo Roulette. See below for details on the contest (it’s easy I swear…otherwise I wouldn’t be participating!) and to check out the submissions. The previous round was hosted by Ken Kaminesky, …