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BackpackingApril 11, 2015August 11, 2015

A Video Guide To Exploring (and Learning) Danish Culture

The Danes are a famously quirky bunch. They're much beloved, generally liked the world over, and a bit of an enigma. These are the people that gave us Vikings, Lego, and Danish design. They are a pe…

BackpackingMarch 25, 2015

Turning 30 – Birthday Reflections On Life, Achievement and Travel

Prolific travelers often joke that we have commitment issues. It's a joke I've often made - after all, when folks asked…

BackpackingJanuary 8, 2015

Hostel Etiquette – Sleep In Your Own Damn Bed

There is a pandemic raging through hostel culture...and no, it isn't bed bugs. In a sleepy dorm room somewhere nearby a…

BackpackingAugust 23, 2014August 23, 2014

Five Danish Life Lessons For The Rest of Us

After three years living and working with the Danes, what insights and life lessons have I learned? Hygge is a very r…

BackpackingAugust 2, 2014August 2, 2014

Read Travel Blogs? Be Careful.

It's no secret that many bloggers have been able to monetize somewhat through the sale of links to search engine optimiz…

BackpackingMay 27, 2013

You Will Never Make Friends Sitting In A Dark Room By Yourself

It has been 22 months since I arrived at Copenhagen Airport lugging three over-sized suitcases and a backpack. I arrived in Denmark with lots of assumptions and unknowns and very little concrete data. The sum of my previous exposure to Denmark stemmed from meeting Danes abroad, reading about a q…

Human InteractionsJune 13, 2012June 13, 2012

Advice to Graduates: A Reading List To Become a Literate Global Citizen

I offer this advice to recent university graduates. The final months of university and first few months after academic life winds to an end are intense. You learn a lot and you find yourself adapting and trying to filt…

BackpackingJanuary 25, 2012January 25, 2012

Credit Card Fees and Currency Concerns – Ask Alex – Travel Question Wednesdays

This post is part of the Ask Alex, Travel Question Wednesdays weekly series. To see previous questions click here. To submit your own; tweet it to @AlexBerger, ask it in a comment on this post or send it in by e-mail.…

BackpackingJuly 16, 2011

I’m Sorry, Did You Say Travel Disaster? I Heard Adventure: Why I Travel for the Disasters

Life is comfortable. Chances are you're not starving in a third world country or digging ditches in Sub-Sahara Africa. Most Millennials reading this are students, working desk jobs or have embraced the life of an entre…

BackpackingOctober 20, 2010March 14, 2012

Frequent Flyer Credit Card Whoes

**UPDATE** - While still frustrated by the experience I had, I recently decided to give FF programs another go. While I have continued to face frustrations with the process, booking and usage of my points, there is va…