Running a travel blog in … uncertain times
Reflections of a hobbyist writer of a self-hosted blog about the future of (my) blog(s)
Author: DocGolightly
My 2024 Travel Plans
Time to make 2024 travel plans! Looking back at my 2023 Travel Plans, I am pleasantly surprised how many of them I turned into actual trips. My end of year post if full of pictures and good memories, and as is tradition with many in …
My Dhaka Diary Part 3: Arriving in times of unrest
Before I new it, my travel day arrived – and although I woke up at my regular time for work, this day would be very different. Travel day, from Berlin to Dhaka via Istanbul in about 20 hours. Flying through BER is never fun, but …
Escape for winter sun, budget classy style
The darkest, shortest days, are over, so are the end-of-the year festivities for us Europeans, and yet there is another three-odd months of cold and darkness to look forward to. A winter sun trip is the answer But our bank accounts might look a bit …
Actually #1 or Excitement in Suburbia
Between trying to keep this blog fluff and travel (okay and a bit of food) and wishing to talk about everyday stuff, inspiration, travel plans, I never done the kind of “life update” blog posts, although I love reading them on other peoples blogs. But …
Should I stay or should I go? Travel in 2021
Just over a year ago, I wrote a post on whether to travel or not. Well, it is old hat now! But I am keeping it anyway as a snapshot of the times we were in. And is travel in 2021 actually a viable and …
Bread Interlude: Super Sourdough bread for non-bakers
As we are about to enter the fourth month of lockdown, with infection numbers still not under control and a nationwide vaccination campaign stuttering along, I feel very little enthusiasm for posting much travel content. About time for a sourdough bread for non-bakers. Instead of …
How I bought less in 2020 – and loved it
As the year comes to a close, I am starting to… prepare my tax return. As part of the tidying and sorting out business side of Christmastide that I felt too mundane to mention. How does that lead to the very last post of the …
Home and Dry and Optimistic: My 2020 travel review
“A good traveller was the traveller who stayed home. ” This or similar is the tenor of many travel bloggers I follow. I agree. My 2020 travel review seems a bit out of time. At some point I wondered whether I should bother writing my …
My 8 easy no nonsense Christmastide Traditions for the busy and not overly spiritual
This year, celebrating the “Rauhnaechte” spiritual practice appears to be massive all over the net and social media. Call me a bit cynical, but who actually has time for all this? So, here are some no nonsense Christmastide traditions you can follow even if you …
Where can I travel right now under current restrictions?
The Holidays are coming – and where will you be going this year? Where can I travel right now? Until this year, millions of people left for the ski resorts or warm beaches over the holidays, and the holidays were high season for foreign travel. …
Bavaria and Occitanie with a chance of Far East Dreaming: my travel outlook for 2020
As my “MySharona” Diary is nicely emptying out, with an occasional wave of contacts flooding into my clinic, I am picking up hope that travel may be possible again this year and that travel outlook for 2020 might not be so bleak now. As crowds …