A visit to Poland also means a journey into learning about mankinds darkest moment in history. The holocaust took over 6 million Jewish lives with some 17 million in total. The most famous of these death

So. I'm at home in Sydney. I'm calculating my finances for the 5 month trip I took from the 1st of June to 14th of November. I thought it would be interesting for those interested in budgeting for long

Sitting at the foodcourt after hours at the bank. ===== Post-travel blues They exist no matter how long the travel. 3 day camps, month long vacation or 5 year overseas work. In my case this is the second

I'm sitting at Starbucks in Hong Kong. The table next to me, there is a couple speaking obnoxiously loud in Australian English. Nothing bad, just about business and networking. I eavesdrop and try to pick

The temperature is -7 Celsius. I'm sitting here on a bench overlooking the modern skyscrapers of Moscow city, a district of modern buildings on the western outskirts of Moscow. I'm reflecting on travel

Here I sit in Vilnius as I write my second entry to the series. === When I think about the people I've met who suffer hardship, most of them come from places where we have come to expect suffering. And

Few days ago I started the story of how I met Ellie(an alias) Empathy It is an important trait of humanity. Those who have more, tend to be better humans. But... can we have too much empathy? I think so.

This is one person's story that has changed my life and pushed me to keep trying to genuinely love and care for my friends. As I write this series, I'm going to change the names of people and places to

I've been in the Netherlands since the 23rd of August. My original plan was perhaps a week. Whilst waiting for a new bank card to arrive, at first it was a nice break between travelling. Lucky to have

It's 7am I'm sitting on the pier. Watching the sun rise over the city of Amsterdam. I arrived 10 hours ago alone from the small city of Den Bosch where I have been staying for the past 2 weeks awaiting

As I sit on a bench in the city of Utrecht in the Netherlands, I will start to share with you a series I've been meaning to write about. I will title this the Strong Women series. I've been thinking about

I shot these with my Samsung S9 phone. Overlooking the old town Gamla Stan Day time canal shot Night time canal shot Gamla Stan (old town) Salmon is a must Outside Stockholm concert hall Swedisj Meatloaf

We've all heard the ATM scams that are ever so prevalent and getting more and more devious. Some of us take extra precautions, judging on ATM placements, card readers etc, whilst others of us don't think

Hello Steemit community A quick update on the situation since my last post. 14.08.18 One of the worst days of travelling history. The result was tears on the street. ====== At the hostel, where I had the

Okay. So there are probably a lot more out there such as death and kidnappings. But today, I'd like to talk about a common occurrence in the world of travel. Loss or theft of one's belongings. Have you

During my travels, I took a night bus from Stockholm to Oslo. On my solo travels, I would look for opportunities to make friends. However I don't just talk to anyone. On this bus, I boarded quite late

Now I don't claim to be a serious world traveler just yet. I can only say from my own personal experiences. As I sit here now at the bus terminal having just arrived in my 26th country/territory Oslo,

I wouldn't say I'm the biggest traveler, in fact traveling isn't one of my passions. Some people have a desire to see the world and tick off all the countries. For me, i don't. I travel because I can afford

It's been nearly a month since I arrived in Moscow. I spent one week in Moscow, a week in Nizhny Novgorod before I returned to Moscow for another week. And for the past 7 days I've been in Saint Petersburg.

Amazing ain't it? This is Izmailovo Kremlin, the lesser known kremlin in the north east of Russia's capital city. A cultural center established in 2007 to replicate old Russian architecture. There are