Packing list Winter holidays: Checklist for free download
Madeleine
When the first snow falls and the mountains call, the most beautiful time of the year begins for me. After several winter holidays – including an unforgettable trip at -25 degrees – I...
3 Types of Travelers – Which Type Are You?
At the moment I have a big question: How will I travel in the future? With the bicycle? By car? Or on foot? In my thoughts and research, I realized that...
The wall paintings of Cacaxtla and the mystery of their origin
During my time with my host family in Mexico (spring 2022) I was invited for an excursion. However, I did not know where we would go. With the car we were about...
10 Things Most People Don't Know About Mexico
In 2022 I was in Mexico for the first time. I had hardly informed myself about this country before and just started naïvely. Of course, that's why I...
1 day in Hamburg: Free activities
The other day I visited my sister in Hamburg and since she still had to work on Fridays, I took a look at the city a little bit. I had before...
Living & Working with Huskies in Swedish Lapland
As I walked through the revolving door at the airport, suddenly everyone looked at my feet and began to laugh or look incredulous. I just shrugged my shoulders...
Culture shock Mexico: My everyday life as a teacher at a German embassy school – Mexico part 3
This is the third part of my reportage about my three-year life in Mexico. In the first part I wrote about my experiences on how to communicate with your host family if neither...
Workaway Mexico: Of Cats and Shamans – Mexico Part 2
This is the second part of my reportage about my three-year life in Mexico. In the first part I talked about what it is like to live with a Mexican family – and how...
Emigration Disadvantages: 20 Reasons Why It's Not For You
Do you dream of just leaving everything behind and moving to a new country? The image of exotic everyday life, new adventures and unlimited freedom is tempting – no...
25 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Emigrate
When I emigrated, that was frankly anything but perfectly planned. I didn’t have a hundred lists, no sophisticated strategy, and definitely not one for every possible question.
