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My Local Eats: Seoul, Korea

January 18, 2018January 22, 2013 by Ashley Fleckenstein

Hi! Welcome to the second edition of My Local Eats, a guest post series in which foodies from around the globe share their favorite local places to eat and drink.

Today’s guest post comes from Jessica Wray, an American who is currently residing in Seoul, South Korea. Jessica writes one of my favorite travel blogs, Curiosity Travels, which chronicles her sometimes crazy and always delicious explorations into Korean life. Here she shares some serious food porn of what to eat in Seoul that is actually making me consider moving to Seoul.

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10 Travel Necessities That Make My World Go Round

April 22, 2019January 21, 2013 by Ashley Fleckenstein

So in light of the recent holidays, I wanted to take time to reflect on some of my brand new travel-related gadgets I received (thanks, Santa!) as well as the tried-and-true products I’ve been using for years. Every single one of the items listed makes my travels easier in some way – from protecting my skin and electronics to allowing me to dance around the kitchen to my favorite tunes.

The Delicious Truth behind German Cuisine

May 30, 2019January 17, 2013 by Ashley Fleckenstein

So as I have mentioned before, we have all been completely wrong about German food. Seriously. It’s good. Really good. Don’t believe me? Let me take you through just one day of lecker German food in Cologne. After climbing 509 steps up the cathedral and 509 steps down we felt we deserved a nice, hot … Read more

Summiting Cologne’s Gigantic Gothic Cathedral

February 14, 2014January 16, 2013 by Ashley Fleckenstein

Cologne’s Cathedral, also known as the Dom Cologne, is Germany’s most-visited landmark- and it’s certainly impressive from the ground, but even more impressive from the top.

But to get to the top? One must endured 509 lung-burning, steep, positively medieval steps packed to the gills with other tourists.

My Local Eats: Paris

February 13, 2013January 14, 2013 by Ashley Fleckenstein

Welcome to the first edition of My Local Eats, a guest post series in which foodies from around the globe share their favorite local places to eat and drink.

Today’s guest post comes from Edna Zhou, an American sports media journalist who is currently living in Paris. You all may know her from her excellent travel blog, Expat Edna. Edna is a good friend and fellow foodie so please, if she tells you to go to a restaurant and order a certain dish, just do it- she knows exactly what to eat in Paris. Also helpful for finding delicious grub in Paris is her post, 10 under €10: The best places to eat in Paris on a budget.

Partying Hard in Deutschland

February 14, 2014January 10, 2013 by Ashley Fleckenstein

Okay, maybe I didn’t quite party hard during my weekend in Germany, but clubbing until 6 am is way too rare for me these days. So the adventure began when Christian, my Couchsurfing host, made it clear we would absolutely have to play beer pong. He had fallen in love with the game a few months prior … Read more

A Harrowing Visit to a Nazi Interrogation Prison in Cologne, Germany

January 18, 2018January 8, 2013 by Ashley Fleckenstein

I am no stranger to museums commemorating World War II history, and particularly the Holocaust; I’ve visited everywhere from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. to the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. And while Cologne’s NS-Dokumentationszentrum, a former Nazi interrogation prison, is not a Jewish memorial, it possesses a similar spirit and was an even … Read more

10 Ways that Travel Permanently Changed Me

November 15, 2019January 7, 2013 by Ashley Fleckenstein

When I began this crazy ride of traveling as much as physically and financially possible at 15, I was impressionable, excited and more than a little clueless. Over the last seven years I have had my share of small tragedies on the road: a pick-pocketing incident when I was stranded with no cash for three weeks, … Read more

2013 Goals & Resolutions

January 2, 2013January 2, 2013 by Ashley Fleckenstein

Hey everyone! Sorry for my extended blog-cation over the holidays, I am now hoping to resume my normal Christmas-shopping free life and start writing again.

So like many others, I wanted to take some time to reflect on not only what happened in 2012, but also what I want to get done in 2013. The older I get the more I realize that I don’t really have many concrete goals in life. All I want is to be a happy, healthy writer who speaks foreign languages, has wonderful family and friends and lives a life full of adventures.

2012 – A Traveler’s Review

January 18, 2018December 27, 2012 by Ashley Fleckenstein

Hey everyone, I hope your holidays have been very merry! I just wanted to take some time at the end of the year to recap all of the craziness that was 2012. And really guys, it was crazy, I promise.

Without further ado…

January

The start of the year found me living in Chicago and tackling my last semester of college along with two internships, a part-time job as a cater-waiter and a growing social calendar.