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 …
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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, …
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 Ramallah in …
Traveling can make you dirty. In more ways than you think, but we’ll just stick to dirt of the grainy, brown variety. It’s pretty much expected that while traveling you’re going to have to deal with a decent amount of dirt. But what can a nomad do? You can’t be dirty forever.
Alright. I figure it’s about time I released my tentative itinerary for my adventure around the world. It’s all very up in the air, right now, but I want to get something out there and start getting feedback. I’ve already decided I’m not purchasing a RTW ticket but will instead travel overland where possible & …