Sitting on my balcony, sipping a welcome drink made especially for me, while eating a cupcake from the sweets pantry, it felt so good to be back in Cape Town, watching the sapphire waves roll in from my perfect vantage point. There are many hotels in the world that are luxurious, from the Mendocino Coast […]
An Easy, Fashionable Africa Packing List
“What in the world do people pack when they go to Africa? Where do I start? What is essential and what should I leave behind on my Africa packing list?” This was my question before I went to Africa for the first time, heading to South Africa with a backpack full of denim shorts and […]
How to Experience Johannesburg Like a Local
One week back in 2015, I departed my beloved (but cold and dark) Berlin in favor of summer. After 24 hours of travel, I landed in Johannesburg, South Africa, with weather reminiscent of back home in Southern California. I almost didn’t know what to make of it at first. My face started sweating (I suffer […]
The World’s Best Road Trips
To me, road trips are one of the most freeing and adventurous ways to get to know a place. With the freedom of breaking away from the crowds who have fixed itineraries to working in serendipity and basing stops on recommendations I get as I go, some of my best experiences have been on the […]
The Perfect South African Road Trip
When I arrived in South Africa I knew that I wanted to do a road trip across the country. As my first foray into the African continent, I was sure it would be different than Asia where I’d spent the previous three years of my life, easily hopping from place to place on a motorbike or […]