Sometimes I think I might be getting too old for hostels (at this moment I have 28 rings on my trunk) but the fact is I’m not supernaturally rich so I still prefer to look for places where cheap and neat rhymes and it’s true. Also, once in a while, it’s nice to remember the [...]

Belgium is known, on the cultural identity subject, to be a very divided country. For those who don’t know, the country is essentially virtually split in half, with the northern half being predominantly Flemish and Dutch-speaking, while the southern half is mainly Walloon and French-speaking. Flanders and Wallonia, besides being home to two different sets [...]

Most people think about the house of gods when they hear olimpos,
knowing little about the actual ancient settlement located in antalya,turkey.
Olimpos is one of the cities on the once-upon-a-time Lykian trade route and present-day trekking route(link).
Lykians were the first ones to use money as we know it. After inventing the mother of all problems, of [...]

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Maria Romano
San Diego, California

Amsterdam: beautiful row houses, Anne Frank, canals, Rijksmuseum, marijuana. You know you thought of it too. As much as Amsterdam has to offer in the way of high art and culture, the “drug tourism” associated with the famously liberal city is omnipresent. Cannabis use and sale is tolerated in the Netherlands [...]

Although our name is Atlas Parasite, it has nothing to do with how we treat the world. We are not parasites in the literal sense of the word, as in we don’t suck the life out of the world. We are just feeding off as many worldly experiences as we can. So when it comes [...]

I guess camping is not for everyone. I used to camp much more than I have been lately, which is not at all. But for me, one of the good things about camping, besides being out in nature, is also the return part. I mean, you spend a weekend (sometimes more) with little comfort, no [...]

This is one of the best hostels I’ve ever stayed at, and I’ve slept on many a hostel bed.
The Lisbon Poets Hostel is cheap (a bed in a room of 4 runs €18 during low season, €20 during high season), stylish yet homey, spacious yet cozy, centrally located, and has a small, friendly staff (headed [...]