When you’re swimming in the new, it’s hard to take stock of what’s in front of you. Difficult to make out the impact of all the new sights, tastes and people you’re experiencing. Hard to…
Posts tagged Inspiration
On Starting…The Coffee Virus, Connecting People to Taste in Amsterdam
For coffee lovers in Amsterdam, there’s no shortage of specialty coffee shops to choose from. Yet even with such a wide selection and new cafes popping up all the time, it can still be surprisingly…
5 Questions on Instagram with Aliya Khuramshina
Sometimes you just want five questions with someone. Five questions to delve into a topic they’re an expert on, to go deeper into something you’ve been wondering about, to learn more about a certain facet…
Thought bubbles: Travel before
Sometimes I wonder what it must have been like to travel before mass tourism. Before guidebooks, before the internet, before Trip Advisor, before data plans and SIM cards. Before globalization and the rapid spread of…
What I want to say about travel
I’m trying to find the words to describe my travels. I want to write about this prolonged journey I’m on, with no foreseeable end in sight. I want to talk about how stripping away the…
Thought bubbles: the ebbs and flows of a digital appetite
Flicking through glossy images of fashion, beauty, style, life, -you name it- on the internet is a lusty game. It’s intoxicating to soak in all the contrived and lacquered beauty, all the well t h…