A Social Travel Guide with Soul

On April 12, 2012, in Been There, Done That, travel, by Boyana

What is more fulfilling than traveling and writing about your adventures? It’s knowing that your traveling stories and advice inspire, help and motivate others. And, as a reward you get paid for it.

A new type of social travel guide application for mobile devices is already allowing every travel-lover to create his/her own travel guide called “Essential plan” and share it with others. That is why people call it “a social travel guide with soul” because it’s user-generated and thus – it has more personality and soul.

The great thing about this new application is that travelers can create their own travel plan which will …

What really changes when you change your address?

On April 11, 2012, in Been There, Done That, travel, by Boyana

More and more people today move and emigrate in an attempt to ‘escape’ from or solve their problems.

Psychologists call this attempt for personal reinvention through relocation a “geographic cure” or “pulling geographic”. The question is, do people really solve their problems simply by moving out, and what really changes when they change their address?

In an article in NYTimes.com, Elizabeth Stirling, a psychologist in Santa Fe, N.M., specializing in helping people make life changes, stated, “No matter how much you move, you still take yourself with you.”

Why is moving then so common in modern times?

Practically, people are not likely to …

“Earth Did Her Best to be Beautiful”

On April 11, 2012, in Been There, Done That, travel, by Boyana

You know that you are a citizen of the world when you have visited tons of places and still can’t name your favorite spot as you believe that Earth is beautiful wherever you go.

According to Izabel,“Favorite places are rather a function of your mood and condition in a certain moment, therefore I cannot name one.”

Being quite urban, Izabel loves legendary cities such as New York, Paris, Rome. However, picturesque villages like Radha di Chianti where people don’t know the meaning of “stress”, are also a quite fulfilling experience for her.

When Izabel traveled to South America, she was so absorbed by the …