I'm constantly surprised by the things that happen when I travel, and it turns out this feeling is shared by many of my fellow travellers. In this episode of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast I got to hear about some gorgeous surprises visited upon one of my all-time favourite travel …
lessons from travel
One green kayak and my small but growing sense of adventure
A few weeks ago, my husband came home saying that he had found a second-hand kayak he wanted to buy. Given that I had no clue he'd even been thinking of buying a kayak, it took me a while to come round but in the end I compromised by offering to absolve him of the guilt of buying a kayak if he …
5 more funny mistakes foreigners make in Germany
Ah, Germany. The land of long lists of rules and home to 80 million devoted rule-followers. The rules are one of the reasons I love Germany, but as you may remember from last year's post on the 5 funniest mistakes foreigners make in Germany, the abundance of rules does lead to a high number of …