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How Not to Lose Your Wallet
What would you do if you lost your wallet in a foreign country? When I was living in Liechtenstein and working for Hilti, I had 9 vacation days to do as I pleased. It was August 2021, and some of the Covid restrictions had been lifted, which allowed me to travel outside of Switzerland and…
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My Visit to the Koenigsegg Factory
The first time I heard about Koenigsegg was on AutoWeek magazine in 2006. On their annual new car issue there was one snippet about a car from a company I’d never seen before called Koenigsegg. I knew nothing about cars at the time. I didn’t understand the facts and figures at the bottom. I was…
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My First Formula One Race: The 2019 Monaco Grand Prix – Part 2
I have been a fan of Formula 1 since 2007, when Lewis Hamilton was a rookie. I was 14 years old. I had just moved to the USA and I learned to speak English by reading car magazines. The back section of AutoWeek Magazine was dedicated to motorsport. Through this I learned much about Formula…
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My First Formula One Race: The 2019 Monaco Grand Prix-Part 1
Anyone who is a car enthusiast, and even some who are not, have heard of the legendary Monaco Grand Prix. It is one of the oldest and most prestigious races in the world, where Formula 1 cars drive through the narrow streets of Monaco surrounded by celebrities, yachts and glamour. Some say you can find…
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One Lap Around the Nurburgring Racetrack
I have only been inside a race car at the legendary Nurburgring racetrack in Germany once in my life. And it happened to be with my friend Jesse. Meeting Jesse Jesse is one of the most interesting people that I know. The day that I met him was a beautiful sunny day. I was walking…
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How I Fell In Love With Paddle Boarding
I was introduced to Paddle boarding on the shores of Lake Garda, Italy. A truly lovely place to fall in love with anything or anyone. It happened in the middle of the pandemic, in 2020. A few weeks into my job with Hilti, I got invited by my friend Patrick to go spend a long…
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Couch Surfing in Europe
Couch Surf is a platform that allows travelers to request to stay with a host at no cost. The idea here is that you bring something to them, whether that be a meal, or a story, or a skill. The host can reject you, but they can also welcome you in and invite you into…
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Couch Surf in Iceland: Using the Hangout Feature.
Perhaps one of the coolest features from Couch Surf is the Hangout feature. You don’t have to spend the night in someone else’s home. You can just hang out with them. This is one of the best ways to see the place where you are from a local’s perspective, and that can lead to some…
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Swimming in the Freezing Icelandic Sea
For most of my young life I had a poor relationship with water. There are many reasons for this (queue the memory of my dad holding me underwater to “help me” like it more), but the main one is that I am typically a cold person. I like being warm better than I like being…
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My Workaway in Iceland: Hedges, Camping, and 24 Hours of Sunlight
Somebody asked me once “You’ve already been to Iceland. Why would you want to go back?” Because it’s amazing. That’s why. That was the motivation that made me look for a Workaway in Reykjavik and the reason that I ended up spending the last two weeks of my first three months in Europe there. Arriving…
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My Workaway in the South of France
Part of what makes Workaway great is getting to be where you want to be and getting to do what you want to do. Every once in a while the two converge and you end up in an incredible place. Such was the chance that got me to work in Roquebrune Cap-Martin, France. In May…
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My Workaway in the North of Germany: Fences, Barns, and lots of Ice Cream.
All right, so I left behind the 300 year old house with the donkeys, and made my way to the next Workaway in the north of Germany. My mode of transport happened to be a Mercedes-Benz A-Class AMG that I found through Blah Blah Car. My driver and I were swiftly moving towards Hannover at…
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