Journey to Istanbul
“Is Turkey a part of Europe or the Middle East?” I asked my fellow passengers as we waited for the plane to Istanbul. Two of them, Turks who graduated from Germany with degrees in Engineering,...
Category: Travel
Krakow: from communist chic to copernicus
The fifth most visited city in Europe is the dragon city, otherwise known as beautiful Krakow. Its name dates back to a legend of a terrible dragon, defeated when a simple shoemaker named Krak...
Celeb-watching, cultured living, and more – in D.C.
Having spent our glorious university years in Washington D.C., my friends and I recently decided to reconvene in the U.S. capital for a walk down memory lane. We met at the newest Kimpton Hotel: the...
Holidays in the Carpathians: Bukovel
It seems that everyone with wheels in Kyiv went up the Carpathian mountains to celebrate the New Year. Sitting by the fireplace in a log cabin at the ski resort this season would have been something,...
British Airways – Baggage Atrocities
One World, Many Bags Lost - Should be the new British Airways tagline, as far as I'm concerned. Every year, 10% of bags on average get lost or delayed by the airlines. BA seemed to have a good track...
Resisting Expectations: An American in Accra
I can’t count the number of times I was asked the question, usually from locals whom I had met only moments earlier: “So, is it what you expected? Is Africa what you thought it would be like?”...
Megeve – Skiing and Guided Ski Tours In The Heart Of The French Alps
What Just Happened? dvd Mean Streets trailer How to get to Megeve... But don't tell anyone! download Eat Your Heart Out aka Skinned Alive dvd For a Few Dollars More full movie Megeve is well known...
The Perfect Sunset Spot – In a Region That Doesn’t Even Make New Brunswick’s Map
“If I don't pull over, I'm going to end up in the ditch , ” I thought to myself. The sunset in the distance was so captivating that focusing on the road was difficult. Being on a budget, I...
Dukie on the Defense
The major press outlets often refer to Durham as a “sleepy” little Southern town. It's funny that in my four years of living here, I've never once considered Durham as anything other than alive....