Few days before every trip, I try to establish not only the key sights and places to see, but also seek out all the available information on traditional foods and drinks. I spend quite some time searching the internet, asking my friends, selecting non-meat dishes, and trying not to drool while flipping through virtual reality…
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Gentle giants, part 1
Recently my attention was brought to the Mountain Gorillas again. National Geographic has been releasing pictures, facts and programs about these wonderful animals, and like an 80’s band groupie, I follow and click on every article published. They all bring me back to 2012 when I saw them in Uganda. There are varying estimates of the…
El vino de Argentina
Argentina is a paradise for book lovers and meat eaters. The capital city, Buenos Aires, has more bookstores per person than any other city in the world, according to research done by World Cities Culture Forum. There are 734 bookstores spread across the city, which amounts to 25 shops per 100 000 people. It may not…
Polish Christmas madness
December comes every year, bringing the same stress to the majority of the households with Christian traditions. But I was raised in Poland, where on the first day of the last month of the year, seemingly every Polish lady turns into a war strategist. Not only that, we navigate between shelves in the shopping malls with…
Tofu and Terracotta Army
My first visit to China was to Shanghai in 2007. Unfortunately, my memories are somewhat mixed from that visit. It was mid-August, so the air was very humid, hot, with the heavy pollution visibly all around. It was difficult to take strolls and generally walk around with the dirt from the cars and overall air…
Waiting to take off
I love airports. Simple as that. Some more, some less, but I love the rush, departure boards, annoying security check queues and the thrill of an upcoming flight. For me, an airport is the place where my traveling adventures begin and end. Differently put, my travels do not begin when deciding how many trousers and pair…
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