Folk Fusion One thing that is so striking about traveling outside the United States is getting to experience the Old World charm that exists in so many places around the world. The ornate alleyways give way to open town squares filled with historic monuments, shops and businesses, food and drink. It is all part of a travelers …
It became known as “the Treasure of Ardre”. The year was 1965, and a group from the Swedish agricultural society were out hiking on the island of Gotland, off the Swedish coast. They had reached Kaupungs Gård, the farm of Ragnar Pettersson, a recently deceased and by-all-accounts somewhat eccentric local farmer who had resisted the …
Filmjölk, knäckebröd and kanelbullar – A year training at Eldrimner I started taking my first tentative steps into the world of bread baking in 2011, while I was writing my Master’s thesis on allotment communities. I was still very much an amateur back then, following the odd recipe and trying to get a feel …
Celebrating Slovenian Heritage as we “Scare Away Winter” at the Kurentovanje Festival in Cleveland! It’s time to “scare away winter” and usher in spring with the annual Kurentovanje festival in one Cleveland Ohio neighborhood. The Kurentovanje is originally a Slovenian festival that brings the ethnography of culture and art together for a multi-day Pre-Lenten event …
Taste Your Way Around Lisbon- The Ultimate Foodies’ Paradise Traveling taught me that, in order to understand a country’s culture, I need to do more than visiting its capital, seeing its main touristic attractions, and exploring its museums. Learning about its past, getting in touch with locals, engaging in their favorite activities, and indulging in …
Traveling has been my passion for more than a decade and, since the beginning, optimism has always been my partner. I used to say that life is just one big party, but I never imagined I would move to a place where this saying meant more than a whisper in my head. Tenerife is my …