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A few months ago, I purchased a Turkish language learning programme to, not surprisingly, learn some Turkish. Living with a wonderful Turkish woman who is soon to be my wife, it was high time to get a better grasp of what exactly she was saying about me to her [...] Beyond all the big state hob-knobbing in Asia and the canned prophecies of American central bankers, something important took place today largely outside the realm of mainstream media obsession: the new head of Greenpeace International, Dr. Kumi Naidoo, finished his first day on the job. Dr. Naidoo, whom I had the pleasure of hearing speak [...] Thirst for knowledge, or characterization of student drinking habits? Nailed. Spree River, Berlin, Germany Berlin, Germany Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany Berlin, as cities go, is a bit of a hard one to pin down. Thanks to a tumultuous recent history when its urban landscape was literally split into two separate Cold War realities- and this following widespread destruction at the close of the Second World War – even in 2009 the city still feels like [...] With so much architectural splendor gracing European soil, it is sometimes easy to forget that the continent also hosts its fair share of modernist monstrosities (not to mention the birthplaces of most architects responsible for them). From monolithic housing estates to brutalist public spaces, Europe is sprinkled with evidence of the 20th century’s [...]
Most people who aren’t fabulously wealthy try to limit expenses while travelling, myself included. In fact, this is one of the unspoken joys of personal tourism: figuring out how to get the furthest for the least or stay in the nicest place possible for a reasonable price. Travelling “on a budget” [...] Romerberg, Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
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