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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

Saturday Snapshot 13

January 8, 2013January 5, 2013 by Ashley Fleckenstein

So if you follow my blog you may notice I didn’t post a Saturday Snapshot last week… oops! I was stateside for the holidays and was too busy sipping soy chai lattes with my little sister and frantically Christmas shopping with my mom to do much blogging. But now that I am back in La Belle France I will have plenty of free time to blog – so please try not to get sick of me!

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…

Table of Contents

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.

Saturday Snapshot 12

August 21, 2019December 22, 2012 by Ashley Fleckenstein

Hey everyone, happy Saturday! This Saturday Snapshot is actually on time, can you believe it?

So this week I endured a travel blogger’s most-feared nightmare; my computer crashed and the hard drive has been wiped clean. So my upcoming editorial calendar has been ravaged because I lost all the photos I had taken for them. While I had backed up a lot of my photos, almost all the pictures I’ve taken in France so far are gone, as well as almost all of my documents.

Eating, Drinking and Being Merry at Cologne’s Happiest Christmas Market

February 14, 2014December 20, 2012 by Ashley Fleckenstein

One of the highlights of my Germany trip was a visit to Cologne’s oldest Christmas market, Markt Der Engel. And though we visited five different Christmas markets during our stay in Cologne, I have to say this one was my favorite by far. Everything about the ambiance was simply magical, from the stars twinkling in the … Read more

First Impressions of Germany

January 18, 2018December 18, 2012 by Ashley Fleckenstein

So on our first morning in Germany, we were delighted to wake up and find everything covered in snow. Christian, our Couchsurfing host, and his friend Kevin trekked like gentlemen in the fresh powder to fetch us some Brötchen. We draped the yummy rolls with nutty slices of black forest ham and squirted mustard on them … Read more

Saturday Snapshot 11

December 16, 2012 by Ashley Fleckenstein

Hey everyone, I’m sorry that ONCE AGAIN this post is not coming out on the correct day. I’ve barely been taking photos because I’ve been super busy with last-minute Christmas shopping so please excuse the poor quality of most of them.

Without further ado, here is what I’ve been up to this week!