When you travel long enough in Europe eventually one question must be answered. “Are you going to go to Auschwitz?” My close friends and family carry their experiences touring the Auschwitz Concentration Camp very close to their hearts… and for no small reason.
Travel Choices that Give Back – AirBnB
When I set out to travel the world for a year I had confident and calm visions of good clean hard work supplanting many of the costs of travel. For example purchasing and selling cars instead of renting them (great guide for doing this in New Zealand here), working on farms for food and accommodation…
A Walk Through a Wall
There can be no doubt, there is a wall. A wall tagged by Banksy. A 708 kilometer, or 441 mile, barrier between. A wall which runs through Palestinian communities and that many argue (Chomsky, United Nations) is a scheme designed to intentionally bisect and disrupt the lives of all Palestinians living in the Israeli occupied West…
The Mindful Party
Last night, finding ourselves in an inspired and feisty mood, Orly and I hit the nightlife . The day had been spent sipping juicy, but not sweet, tasting filter beans at a fantastic local coffee shop called WestBerlin Bar&Shop which is apparently owned by Australians. Orly got a flat white. The Ozzies mercifully had…
Relax, and Think Out Loud
Over the last year I allowed for insecurities, which decayed into inaction, to steal me from the moment. I have been inert, lost in the fog, without context. unique? useful? why? make content for narcissus eyes split water line One idea however has seen me through the fog and ultimately to the foundation of Shovel…