As travelers who move through various cities, we set up roots and immerse for awhile until its time to move along to a new place. For me, those cities have been Lagos, Dayton, Alexandria, and more recently, Baltimore and Stockholm. So when IT asked us to write about our cities, choosing which one to chronicle …
Here are a few photos from my recent trip up north to Luleå in Northern Sweden. You can definitely feel the chill through these shots.
Despite the current blanket of snow mixed with dirt and ice, Stockholm residents are counting the days till the first spring flowers sprout and the chilly air gradually warms up again. Check out my latest article for the Guardian UK’s Been There Travel Blog.
Latest from the Guardian UK’s Been There Photo selection Phnom Penh, Cambodia: Hopping a ride on a tuk tuk is one of the cheapest and most scenic ways of experiencing [the] city.
There’s no better culinary way to celebrate Fat Tuesday than digging into a stuffed semla – a cardamon-spiced wheat bun filled with gooey almond paste and topped off with the heaviest whipped cream in town. This Scandinavian pastry is designed to fatten you up in time for forty (40) days of Lent, and just 3-5 …
The Jumbo Hostel in Stockholm has been all over the news recently. Was at the airport two weeks ago to survey the Boeing 747 hostel as well as interview its owner for the Matador Network. As an artist drawn to bold, loud colors, I love his choice of colors in this room – dark blue …