Childhood heroes. They inspired us to be better people. They influenced the kind of person that we wanted to grow up to be. They played a key role in our Halloween costume choices, and they could be clearly seen on the walls of our childhood bedrooms. We wanted to dress like them, talk like them,…
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Don’t Run
It’s just a tarp, why are you so afraid of it? For the love, it’s hay, you eat it every night, it’s not going to attack you. That was a tree, ya dummy… These are all phrases that I’ve not only said before but that have taken up permanent residence in my everyday vocabulary. “Why,”…
Let’s Be Real: You Aren’t What You Eat
I love food. I love the way that it smells. I love the way that it tastes. I love the feeling of getting your hands sticky with dough, too sticky to answer the phone or text or scroll. I love the feeling of seeing people gathered around the table eating and communing. I love food…but…
6 Books That Will Challenge, Convict, and Change Your Perspective
I love books. Now when I say love, I mean LOVE. This isn’t just the kind of love that where I’ll pick up a book every now and then because I want to read, or where I have a small bookshelf neatly lined with a few books. No, my love for books is big and…
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Give Life
Life. You either give it or you take it. You either breathe it in or choke it out. You either feed it or you starve it. There are only ever two options when it comes to life, one is to thrive and the other is to wither. This goes for both our own lives and…
Let’s be Real: Forgetting the Fear of Missing Out
I am a deeply relational person. This means that not only do I have a desire to create and foster meaningful relationships with the people around me, I also have the desire to see other’s relationships grow and flourish. This being said, public enemy number one to people like me (and for most people these…
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Let’s Talk German
Travelling on your own is a very unique experience and one that I personally think everyone should experience at least once in their life… The long train rides in countries you don’t know that makes you braver. Finding your way through foreign cities that makes you stronger. Navigating languages you don’t understand makes you wiser.…
From Berlin with Love
Berlin. For many people who visit this city, it holds the promise of history come to life and the ability to see with ones own eyes the beauty and the scars that it has left behind. This capital city is also home to countless backdrops fit for any Instagram or Facebook picture. During my visit…
Bonn-Voyage
There are times in life and in travel where we can become suddenly and violently exhausted. When this happens in life we call it burn out and we seek ways to slow down and lighten our load so that we can replenish our energy levels. In travel however we tend to ignore it because there…
Travelling by Train
For a long time I have had the dream of travelling across the country by train. To sit in my own little compartment and watch the forests and lakes roll by. To sit in a quiet spot and read while the sun shines through the window and falls across my book. However this romantic ideal…
Simply Katherina 