The background story of the Interrail trip of the four students Isabelle, Jeni, Pauline and Zoé from southern Germany is quite unusual: an unexpected ticket win had led to their trip together. Having just started their studies in Freiburg, none of the four friends had planned to go city hopping in Europe. Money is tight…
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From Europe to the Caribbean by catamaran. A cruise
To sail once the Atlantic – from the Southern end of Europe to the Caribbean! This sounds like a wild dream that many people have in their minds but exceedingly few act the thought out in reality. The two student colleagues Niko and Nicklas actually dared it. The three-monthly sailing cruise was just a small…
Overtourism – The Tourists Go Home and Fuck AirBnB movement
Synchronized with the origin of the Slow Travel trend, a protest movement against mass tourism started. It’s also referred to as “Overtourism”, which marks a harmful excess. In the year 2014, in Spain, one of the worldwide most popular holiday destinations, the so-called Tourists Go Home movement emerged. Barcelona has yearly 9 million over-night guests…
Julian and his book “Europe by Train: Backpacking for Beginners”
Usually, backpackers have less money but therefor lots of energy and passion for adventures. They are seeking unique places, where not many other travelers have been to yet. Julian wants to inspire adventurer and individual travelers to look for this special experiences in Europe. Instead of visiting other continents, he recommends to get to know…
A Time Out. By bike from Germany to South Korea
In the year 2016, Korean architect Nam Dongho decided to go on an adventure. He had worked in Amsterdam, Netherlands, for a while and was now stuck in an unfulfilling position in an architecture firm in Munich, Germany. Since a longer time, he dreamed of cycling to his home town Deagu in South Korea. He…