A few of my favorite places in Berlin: ► Factory Girl /// Auguststraße 29 /// mon-sun 10-20 /// Super nice cafe (their fresh ginger tea comes with honey and a cute felt sleeve), with very friendly staff and fresh food. Hmmm! From your comfy chair at Factory Girl you have the perfect view on the Read article…
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In the air
After a crazy week, I'm more than ready for the weekend. Yesterday I spoke in front of 200 people in the Horse Museum in Chantilly about blogging in the tourism industry and I think I had reached my maximum dose of craziness by then. What are your plans for the weekend? I'll be unwinding at Read article…
Hüttenpalast Berlin
On the last day of my stay in Berlin, I met for tea with the lovely Lena from Minamoka. While sipping gingertea, she told me that we were actually at a very special hotel. A hotel where you can sleep in a real caravan. I was so surprised! Of course! This was the place that Read article…
My Boarding Pass
Earlier this week, my maptastic friend Anne from Prêt-à-Voyager featured me in her wonderful BOARDING PASS series. I'm so honored to be in company of some amazing fellow travelers like Sivan Askayo, Pia Jane Bijkerk and Elodie Rambaud. Check it out here, I included images, animated gifs and a little video. Merci beaucoup Anne! And Read article…
the colors of Berlin
While flipping through the photos I made in Berlin last week, I realized that: ► almost half of them included beautiful type… oops! ► I captured lots of blue skies… after a long dark winter, I guess that's what I needed ► Berlin is even greener than I remembered ► there was color everywhere, hence Read article…
On the Oise
This weeked, I did something that I've been wanting to do for over a decade. Do you see the above picture? That's the view from our home: we live along the riverside of the Oise. Every day we see transport ships, rowing boats and swans go by but we had never made a boat trip Read article…
#hive13 highlights
A few of my favorite quotes from speakers at The Hive, the European blog conference, that I attended last weekend. As twitter was buzzing, I also added some interesting tweets, that spoke to me. My overall highlights of the weekend in Berlin were the more personal conversations that I had with blogfriends, old and new. Read article…
Street Food Thursday in Berlin
I wish I were in Berlin tonight so that I could visit Street Food Thursday at Markthalle9 in Kreuzberg again. On my first night in Berlin last week I walked there from my apartment and really really enjoyed it. The relaxed athmosphere, the friendly vendors, the good looking food booths, but above all: the delicious Read article…
Flying high
I'm still on a high from my trip to Berlin. I met so many wonderful people and saw so many amazing things that I'm a bit overwhelmed. Probably I'll need a few days to get back into the groove! Flying from Paris to Berlin looked so different from above than flying from Paris to Stockholm: Read article…
I’m in Berlin!
While you are reading this I'm in Berlin, Germany! I'm exploring the city and this weekend I'll be attending The Hive – the European blog conference. I was there last year as well and can't wait to catch up with many fellow bloggers & friends. If you're at the Betahaus too: I'm wearing my pink Read article…