Living abroad, you partly or completely have to reinvent yourself. Mostly if you go alone. The advice 'just be who you are' doesn't fly when you're in a new ...

It happens to many of us, the sudden urge to let it all be and leave on a trip. To travel for months or years on end. Why not even indefinitely? Sell the hou...

At first, I traveled alone because I had no other choice. I grew to love it. Traveling alone has become my standard. It does not bother me to be alone in the...

Ever since I came to Bulgaria, I’ve been exploring its trails. There are many leading into the hills and onto steep mountains. All over the

Traveling spontaneously Little is more exciting making a coffee and start preparing a good trip. The good part is that you don’t need anyone’s approval to do...

It was late in January 2015. I zipped up my backpack with just a toothbrush and a shawl in it and left for the central station. I took the slow train to Karl...

I was born a traveler. As a small boy, I read through guidebooks in stores and wondered about places far from home. On the weekends, I would wake up at 8, tu...

At age seventeen I learned about introversion. A lot of things hit home. I understood that I was not the strange guy I perceived myself to be. That I was not...