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Around The World In Fifty Years travel writing by albert podell

Book Review: Around the World in 50 Years

Circumnavigating the Globe. In a Car. In the 1960s. That’s how Albert Podell began his life-long journey to every country on Earth. He and fellow travel writer Harold Stephens found big-name sponsors to fund the trip that took them through nearly 30 countries in the span of about two years. Afterwards, they wrote a book […]

Alexandra Magalhães Zeiner at a reading in Frankfurt, Germany Travel Writing Workshops

Expat Interview: Brazilian Writer and Mother Living in Austria

Today’s interview is with author and activist Alexandra Magalhães Zeiner, a native Brazilian living in Austria. The last interview in the series was Estrella Sansait of Estrella Explores. Other interviews include Rachel from Arts in Munich, Allane Milliane of Packing my Suitcase, Clare Laming of Monarch Butterfly Voyager, tattoo artist and world-traveler Amber Harris, Adrian […]

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Expat Interview: Madrid with Estrella Explores

Our latest interview in the series is Estrella Sansait of Estrella Explores. Our past interviews include Rachel from Arts in Munich, Allane Milliane of Packing my Suitcase, Clare Laming of Monarch Butterfly Voyager, tattoo artist and world-traveler Amber Harris, Adrian Ann of Adrian’s Travel Tales, and Jenn Turnbull-Houde of Two Weeks in Costa Rica. In […]

Mark Twain Travel Quote

The Problem with Travel

There is no doubt about it: travel is dangerous. And I’m not just talking about going into war zones or taking that unlicensed ferry across a dark and stormy sea. Travel is dangerous to your perspectives, your opinions, your outlook on life, hometown and friends and family. There is something about traveling (especially long-term) to […]

Wide Open World travel writing by John Marshall

Wide Open World by John Marshall

Netgalley I came across John Marshall’s memoir via Netgalley, the site that lets you leverage your social media clout to receive free advanced review copies (ARCs) of certain books from certain publishers (digital format). The deal is, of course, that you have to review the book in a timely manner. If you haven’t gotten in […]

Expat Interview: Rachel from Arts in Munich

Interview Series, Edition 6 This week, we interviewed Rachel from Arts in Munich. Previously, we have interviewed Allane Milliane of Packing my Suitcase, Clare Laming of Monarch Butterfly Voyager, tattoo artist and world-traveler Amber Harris, Adrian Ann of Adrian’s Travel Tales, and Jenn Turnbull-Houde of Two Weeks in Costa Rica. In the series, we ask […]