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Booking Ahead Versus Walking In

Posted on2020-08-022026-10-25AuthorRenata Green2 Comments

Booking ahead or just walking in – what’s more advisable?
As I mentioned on various occasions, doing research on the internet, reading guidebooks, sketching routes, making reservations sometimes months before my trip to me is a big and important part of the fun. This way, your brain does already all the travelling before you – just like a scout.

Woman opening a hotel door with a key card. — Booking ahead or just walking in – both have their advantages and disadvantages.

Those who need inspiration and guidance on how to plan a trip from scratch will find it in this post.

But planning and booking ahead is not only an extra portion of fun. It can also save you lots of time and money.

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Travelling by Bus Around the World or Ride with the Devil

Posted on2020-07-302022-11-02AuthorRenata Green8 Comments

I always thought if I had the chance to choose on judgment day, I might rather go to hell than to heaven. I’m suffering from acrophobia so a place as high as heaven might scare me to…well, at least it cannot scare me to death anymore. Then, I’m afraid that way up high over the clouds it will be always a little nippy. And I like it hot.

Renata Green on the bus from Delphi to Kalambaka in Greece — I’m definitely a solo traveller – taking the whole alone travel to an even higher level.

But after recent events, I’m not so sure anymore. After I was riding with the devil, I’m afraid I’m not fit for the highway to hell.

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The Ski Instructor of Sri Lanka

Posted on2020-01-132025-08-19AuthorRenata Green17 Comments

I’m often asked how it is to travel by myself. If I’m not scared. If I don’t get lonely. If I’m not afraid that the sky may fall on my head tomorrow.

A Ski Instructor by himself in a snowy landscape — No, Sri Lanka looks nothing like this. Definitely not.
(Photo: Sondrekv, Påske, detail, cropped to 2:3, CC0 1.0)

The answer has always been no, and meeting Sri Lanka’s only ski instructor was clearly another proof that travelling solo is a great chance to come across people who open up to you in the blink of an eye.

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most instagrammable – till death do us part: a rant

Posted on2020-01-032023-06-18AuthorRenata Green32 Comments

Yes, this is a rant on how Instagram deteriorates the art of photography to death. But it also makes the world a dangerous – and endangered – place.

mural of a guy taking a picture. most instagrammable - till death do us part: a rant — You’d be surprised at how many pictures death is present – even though not always visible.

I love good photography. That’s why I hate Instagram.

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Language Learning in Rome

Posted on2019-05-262026-10-27AuthorRenata Green12 Comments

I love to learn foreign languages and travelling is my passion. Therefore, I joined a couple of courses abroad. For two weeks, I was learning Italian in Rome – and I’m telling you here how that went.

Sculptured heads at the Musei Capitolini in Rome — Learning is Fun: Joining all these shrewd heads in Rome.

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Language Learning in Milan

Posted on2019-05-202024-06-26AuthorRenata GreenLeave a comment

Learning Italian in Milan – when taking a language course in the country of origin, you obviously learn much more than just the local tongue.

Class of Milan: my wonderful interesting, sophisticated, talented, and creative co-students and our sweet teacher Claudia.

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Cheesy Flight: Never Put Cream Cheese In Your Hand Luggage

Posted on2019-05-092024-05-05AuthorRenata Green10 Comments

Safety first! D’accord, mes amis. But when cheese in your hand luggage is considered a terror weapon, things do get slightly out of hand.

cheese hand luggage — Who would have thought that these little stinkers would pose a safety risk in air traffic?

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location location location – my adventurous accommodation choices

Posted on2019-05-062025-07-24AuthorRenata Green3 Comments

Location location location: This is a roundup of some of my adventurous accommodation choices. I’ve actually made them in search of the best price-performance ratio.

Road lined with trees, illustrating a location for adventurous accommodation — On the road in the *Deep South* of the USA.

After all, who doesn’t want to stay at a nice, comfortable hotel at an exceptionally low price?
I do!
However, very often, these accommodations are located in – euphemistically speaking – remote locations. The Spanish call it en el culo del diablo – in the devil’s butt.

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a huge travel mishap – or: my claim to be a rock star

Posted on2019-03-262022-11-01AuthorRenata Green9 Comments

Rock stars are known for throwing large appliances out of the window. Well, although I never claimed to be a rock star, a little mishap that happened to me in New York qualified for being one.

A couple of aircons illustrating the post on my claim to be a rock star which deals with a huge travel mishap — This is not what the air conditioner looked like after my little mishap.
(Photo: Ildar Sagdejev (Specious), 2008-07-11 Air conditioners at UNC-CH, CC BY-SA 4.0)

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