Posted in Travelosophy, Where I'd Rather Be on May 18th, 2010
Festival fanatics love to boast of the rave they attended in Goa or the tribal festival in the Philippines. Don’t get us wrong, these are incredible experiences, but who wants to pay extravagant fees for world festival entertainment when there is so much festival fun right here in Europe.
Summer means its European music festival season. [...]
Posted in Travelosophy on Oct 15th, 2009
Blog Action Day is an annual event that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day on their own blogs with the aim of sparking discussion around an issue of global importance. One day. One issue. Thousands of voices. The global issue for 2009 is climate [...]
Posted in Travelosophy on Oct 13th, 2008
Kurt Vonnegut was a prolific American novelist most famous for his book Slaughterhouse-Five. As a storyteller, he knew that travel was about the experience not the destination. Telling your friends about the museums and monuments everyone else has seen doesn’t make for a good story. And isn’t that what travel is really about…the story?
Posted in Feedback, Travelosophy on Sep 29th, 2008
The funny thing is that for a time I was actually employed as a professional namer. And to answer your questions: 1) yes, that’s a real job 2) companies actually pay a lot of money for a good name. I’ve named cars, computer chips, sandwiches, lingerie, and even a professional baseball team. But nothing was more frustrating than [...]
Posted in Travelosophy on Sep 15th, 2008
A little over a year ago I was talking with my friend (and later business partner) Tamas Gabor about recent travels. I had just returned from St. Moritz, Switzerland feeling it was over-priced and over-touristy. Tamas had quite the opposite opinion. It turned out he visited St. Moritz in January on the weekend when Cartier hosts a Polo World Cup match on the frozen [...]
