Most of you might ask: what’s a Jillaroo? Wikipedia explains it as the “female equivalent of a Jackaroo” which is the Australian expression for a “trainee working on a sheep or cattle station to gain practical experience in the skills and traditions of Australian stockmen”. In North American terms it’s somewhat like a cowgirl. Except that I was in the Australian bush of the Northern Territory: that’s crocodile and snake country where Crocodile Dundee was from. And I really loved it!…
One thing I love and would recommend to anyone when traveling or moving into a new country is meetup.com, an online portal that brings people together and makes it really easy to make new friends! When I tried my first ever meetup in Paris in 2008 I was wary of what to expect: I wasn’t into singles events like salsa classes or speed dating… …
Test your knowledge with GeoGuessr, it really is GREAT FUN and pretty addictive to play! It uses random Google Street View images and you guess the location by what you see. You can move around and zoom in using your mouse to figure out where you are and make a guess on the bottom right map. Have fun!…
Are you one of those who think travelling is expensive? You can’t take time off for trips overseas and keep dreaming that one day you’ll do it. Maybe next year, maybe after the kids are out of the house, maybe when you’re retired? …
Are you a traveller at heart and always wanted to just go and see the world? Be inspired! Let’s live and share amazing fun moments, because life is short.
I have always thought I wanted to travel as much as I can, live in other countries WHILE I still can, and collect plenty of long-term memories, that will keep me happy in old age. See, when growing up in the former GDR, travelling wasn’t exactly a given.
So far I have lived and worked in 7 countries. Let me tell you some of my stories…
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