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June 3, 2019

Fear and Loathing on an Irish Highway

While hitchhiking in Ireland, our writer stumbles upon a simple realization: we’re afraid of the wrong people. Our first time out of the country, my brother Ben and I spent…

Joe Aultman-Moore 3

Asia Essay / musing Europe

May 27, 2019

Love on the Road

From Vilnius to Mongolia, our writer reflects on a traveler's search for love. I noticed a dark eyed wanderer on the opposing couch at my hostel in Vilnius. James had…

Sarah Cash 2

Europe

February 26, 2019

Madrid – Mysteries Overlooked

Madrid is a languid rush. As in all big cities, people look ahead and walk with purpose. Yet they move slowly. Pedestrians habitually pause in the middle of the street,…

Nathan James Thomas 0

Europe

December 10, 2018

Cutting it Fine in Slovenia

Long-term travel means you have to do a few of those ‘normal’ things on the road… like eat fruit, buy new toothpaste, and… get a haircut. Our writer had put…

Kirsty Gordge 0

Europe

November 14, 2018

In the Footsteps of Friedrich Nietzsche

One writer attempts to reconcile the serene landscape of Switzerland's Sils-Maria with the work of its most controversial former resident. In the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland, in the area known…

Roslyn Jolly 0

Europe

November 6, 2018

Schloss Neuschwanstein Survival

A stroll through the mountainous Bavarian countryside towards Schloss Neuschwanstein - the castle that inspired Disney - proved more daring than this writer had anticipated. It was a beautiful, bright,…

Kirsty Gordge 0

Europe

October 26, 2018

Frost and Familiarity – Impressions of Zagreb

I sat on the train gazing up at the large grey pillows filling the sky, feeling small and insignificant, with still a few hours to go. I had my worldly…

Kirsty Gordge 0

Europe

October 16, 2018

Some Corner of a Foreign Field

The Story of Five New Zealand POW’s Buried in Poznan, Poland A New Zealand expat in Poznan discovers the story of five countrymen buried far from home. First published in…

Nathan James Thomas 1

Europe Travel journal

August 24, 2018

In Search of My Family’s Jewish History in Lublin, Poland

Walking across the border from Slovakia into Poland felt like crossing into Narnia. The bridge that connects the two countries was covered in snow, surrounded by white mountains and frost…

Nathan James Thomas 2

Europe Travel journal

April 24, 2018

Thieves, Horseradish Vodka and St Sophia

How to Get a Meal in Kiev Kiev’s metro makes little sense. Below the main railway station commuters are funneled through an impossible labyrinth of white concrete tunnels, ending in…

Nathan James Thomas 0

Europe

Fear and Loathing on an Irish Highway

Love on the Road

Madrid – Mysteries Overlooked

Cutting it Fine in Slovenia

In the Footsteps of Friedrich Nietzsche

Schloss Neuschwanstein Survival

Frost and Familiarity – Impressions of Zagreb

Some Corner of a Foreign Field

In Search of My Family’s Jewish History in Lublin, Poland

Thieves, Horseradish Vodka and St Sophia

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