The Couch Surfing App: it’s for Finding Friends too.
Aside from being a really convenient way to find free and friendly places to sleep, the Couch Surfing app is also a great way to meet people for a chat, an excursion, a meal, a beverage…
Hungarian Salami
“It was called Hungarian salami, but… Australian salami is not so good. We have all kinds of different ones but they all taste kind of the same.”
Pasti frowns and nods. “You must try some real Hungarian sausage…”
11 Steps To A Perfect Sunday Afternoon – Denver CO, USA
There are ‘holes’ dotted around the park, which actually aren’t holes but look like a basketball net crossed with a lobster trap. The objective of the game is to walk around the park and get intoxicated. Throwing frisbees at the ‘holes’ is optional…
Borderland – Obernai, France
We’re eastward-bound. After a very restful night at Gilles apartment in Strasbourg, he drops us off at the side of the highway. Our objective is Frankfurt, but Gilles is dubious. “I don’t think you can get a ride here to Germany. Here in Strasbourg everyone going to Germany just buys cigarettes and comes straight…
Super Hospitality – Mont-St-Michel, France
I feel like a pilgrim to a palace from Lord of the Rings. The island is completely covered in medieval stone structures, walled around with soaring battlements, and topped with a sky piercing spire adorned with a gilt statue like an angel. Sea birds circle the island, and here and there men are walking across the sand flats barefoot, with baskets, collecting shellfish…
Hithchhike in France? Impossible! – Colin-Camps, France
Riding with Belgians and Dutch, as we head south, we hear the same thing time and time again: “you will not be able to get rides in France; the French are a rude arrogant lot; they don’t speak to you if you can’t speak French; they don’t like foreigners…” We start to wonder if…
Looking for Rainbow – Melbourne, Australia
Once you got over the eye watering smell of unwashed stock broker and dirty carpet, you noticed the way the place looked. There was stuff all over the floor. Garbage, clothing, full ash trays, half full bottles. The couches had numerous large stains and were splattered with damp looking piles of what turned out to be dog vomit…