I love the idea of hiking, and want to do more of it in the future, but so far I haven't got to tackle too many of the world's famous hikes. I have, however, climbed up Mt Fuji, and I tell the somewhat embarrassing story of how that went in the introduction to this episode of The Thoughtful Travel …
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My favourite road trip destinations in south-west Germany
Apart from Australia, I lived in Germany for longer than any other country, and yet I’ve barely blogged about it. Quite regularly, though, I find myself telling people on Instagram or Twitter or elsewhere about my favourite lesser-known towns in south-west Germany, around where I lived, and I …
Exploring Cultural Differences – Episode 123 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast
I'm such a fan of cultural differences that when I moved to live and work in Germany, after a couple of years in Japan and a year in Slovakia, I was pretty disappointed at first - because there weren't enough cultural differences. Germany seemed to be quite like Australia at first (especially in …


