A question I get asked a lot is whether there are any hostels for solo female travellers only. Unfortunately, there aren’t that many female only hostels out there. But, I…
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Tor Marancia Street Art in Rome: Murals With Social Consequences
by Katie DawesAs Stefano introduced himself and the Tor Marancia street art project he co-founded, his dog Tricky hobbled his way out of the walls of this open-air museum. “The word museum,”…
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When I first began planning my trip to Vienna with MEININGER Hotels, I didn’t expect to stumble on as much street art in the city as I did. Vienna is…
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FoodLondonStreet Art in Europe
Quaker Street Cafe: Coffee, Cake & Street Art in Shoreditch, London
by Katie DawesThere’s something about coffee that just seems to inspire creativity. The stimulation from caffeine and rush of energy from my spoonful of sugar can be enough to keep me writing…
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I hope you guys aren’t tired of seeing street art from across Europe yet. Because after sharing my street art discoveries in Rome, Paris and London, I recently began noticing more…
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Ah, Brexit. Where to start? Well let’s just say I won’t be using this article to demonstrate how wonderfully p*ssed off I am about Brexit. Even though I am. But…
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Yesterday I read an article by Sabina, of GirlvsGlobe.com titled: Why I’m Not A Solo Female Traveller. In the article, Sabina shares her frustrations surrounding the often heard statement that she…
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Working in hostels can be frustrating. It can often involve cleaning up a lot of alcohol-induced vomit from shared bathrooms and too often involves answering the same question of ‘how…
It should come as no surprise that a large number of my friends today are people I first met in hostels. But at the start of my travels I was so nervous…
A couple of years ago I set my feet on Amsterdam Noord soil for the very first time. I wrote about it here, and I also gave a small hint in…