Silvia Demick
The Nineties meant a lot to me: I graduated from high school, I passed my driving test, and I spent hours watching the same old movies over and over. In some cases I even learnt the lines by heart. Back … Read More
Traveling is one of the best things you can do with your life. It can change your perspective, open up new opportunities, and you might even fall in love. But if you want to thrive while traveling, you will need … Read More
A wasteland of abandoned factories, run-down buildings and seedy late-night bars. This was Kreis 5 until the beginning of the year 2000. We are in neighbourhood number five, on the western edge of Zurich. If we could turn back time … Read More
Northern Ireland in December is cold. It rains day in, day out, and a chilly wind turns raindrops into frozen needles that stick into your head. And let’s not forget that at three in the afternoon it is already dark. … Read More
On a sunny Sunday morning we leave the hotel sooner than usual because, after two cold and windy days, it looks like finally we’ll be blessed with some warm hours in Moscow. We plan to leave the center of the … Read More
While in Amsterdam I was served a meal made of food waste. And it was one of the most special meals of the entire trip. Instock, the restaurant in the Oosterpark area just outside the canal belt, is indeed an … Read More
People go to Amsterdam for many different reasons, and food is not one of them. I was a bit worried before leaving for the Netherlands because most travel guides I had read listed among the best restaurants in town those … Read More
Before my first trip to Bergen I knew that the wooden houses painted in bright colors along the Bryggen are part of Unesco World Heritage List. It’s easy to understand why they are among the most photographed attractions in the … Read More
I spent the first day of my trip to Berlin trying to get to acquainted with the city, zigzagging across the not-so-invisible boundary that used to divide the German capital into two halves. But on the second day I want … Read More