This is another insider tip. I had never hard of the 1000 islands before. Given how much I enjoyed my visit that is a real shame! When you drive east bound along the Ontario shoreline […]
Author: christinbraatz
traveler, globetrotter, expat with an insatiable appetite for travel, anything from backpacking to luxury hotels, currently based in Barcelona
…with a German car license For my job I need to drive a minivan. For that I need to a drivers license. Here’s what you need to do to go from a German car a […]
The expat checklist I made it to Canada! After a year of paperwork and preparation, the day is finally here. I arrived in Toronto on a plane from Germany, without a visa in my passport. […]
Have you ever searched for a place to get away from it all? A small town in the country where the world is still going at a normal pace? Where you can smell the pine […]
No need to drive a car and worry about parking and crazy Barcelona traffic! Public transportation in Catalonia is excellent. There is so much to see around Barcelona that you can easily reach by train […]
As I promised in last week´s post on 5 day hikes in Catalonia, I am working on documenting my hiking experience to prepare for becoming a tour guide in the Canadian Rockies. On Sunday I […]
If you’ve read my last posts you know that in order to become a tour guide in Canada I have to complete 5 day hikes prior to starting the training. I am fortunate enough to […]
Tossa de Mar As I have found during my research that when looking for interesting places to go for a daytrip from Barcelona too often results only include the same obvious answers the likes of […]
Becoming a tour guide in the Canadian Rockies Get the job There are several tour operators in Canada that recruit at the beginning of the year to fill guide positions for their summer tours. If […]
For a long time I didn’t openly admit where I was born, in fear of being stereotyped in a bad way. When prompted I would suggest or sometimes outright lie that I was from Switzerland. […]
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