Introduction Ever dreamed of discovering the places from your childhood fairies tales like the castle of Sleeping Beauty, the woods of Little Red Riding Hood, or the dwarven home of Snow White? Then the German Fairy Tale Route is the perfect road trip for you. Stretching between Hanau and Bremen, this 595 km (370 mi)…
Introduction I have always been fascinated with Paul Auster. Reading The New York Trilogy was an incredible experience that left a profound impression on me. Even now, after all these years, I can still remember this feeling of nothingness and absurdity derived from those three poignant stories that looked harmless at first, hidden behind the ordinary traits…
Introduction Tracks are the incredible adventure of Robyn Davidson, who trekked 1,700 miles (2,736 km) across the Australian deserts from Alice Springs in Central Australia to the Indian Ocean coast. Robyn wrote the story of this 6-month initiatic journey with her dog and three camels in National Geographic and later in a novel, Tracks, that…
Introduction Revisiting a dear childhood experience like Jurassic Park with a sequel – Jurassic World – 22 years later is a rather dreadful exercise full of apprehension. Only now I begin to appreciate how it must have been to grow up with Star Wars in the late 70s/early 80s and be confronted with Star Wars Episode I in 1999. Jurassic World is…
Introduction Everest (2015) relates the 1996 Mount Everest disaster that took the life of eight alpinists. Directed by Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur, the film is riveting throughout, but also acutely raw. Everest brilliantly transcribes what entails the decision of summiting the highest and most deadly peak in the world. Hardship, pain, and death drip out of every scene,…
Introduction This is a fantasy trip to Japan inspired by Haruki Murakami‘s books that will take you through Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe, Shikoku Island (Takamatsu, Kochi), Sapporo (Hokkaido). For fun, here are my top 5 favorite novels by Haruki Murakami: – A Wild Sheep Chase (Hitsuji o Meguru Bōken, 1982) – The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Nejimaki-dori kuronikuru, 1995) – Dance Dance…
