Introducing the new Europe a la Carte bloggers
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I’d like to introduce you to the new Europe a la Carte bloggers. I asked the bloggers to email me a biography and a photograph. The first posts from the new bloggers will be published next week.
Anna Etmanska is a writer based in Arctic Sweden. She has lived in 8 different countries, visited 57 others and counting. Anna has a black-belt in travelling on a budget and is happy to share her tips with Europe a la Carte. For more info about her, visit her website at www.budgettrouble.com.
Caught up in the moment and the cobblestones, Suchi Rudra Vasquez writes and teaches in Prague, Czech Republic.
I’m Amanda Kendle, I’ve been writing about my travels for some years now, and after living in Germany, Slovakia and Japan, and travelling to almost 40 other countries, I’ve had plenty of fuel. Although I’m now based again in my homeland, Australia, I still pine for Europe and write about it every chance I get it.
Two of my favourite journeys took place in Europe. My most memorable Christmas was in Finnish Lapland, when I got to drive a reindeer sleigh on Christmas Day. And probably the best trip I’ve ever taken was across Russia and down through the Baltic countries, starting on the Trans-Siberian train and then backpacking my way through Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland before settling for a while in Bratislava.
To pay my bills these days, I teach English to foreigners part-time, and write part-time for a collection of blogs, including travel blogs like Jaunted, Vagabondish and Travel Rants. I also edit musings about travel, people and cultural differences at SameSkyMagazine.com and am trying to get some novels completed and published, a struggle I’m documenting at BecomingAFictionWriter.com, especially like seeking out hidden corners of cities and towns and look forward to highlighting some of my favourites on the Europe A La Carte blog.
Jacinta Lodge is an Australian expat located in Berlin, Germany. She is a freelance writer, freelance scientist, freelance embroiderer and freelance tourist, and thinks that life probably couldn’t get much better. When not kicking back in the world’s coolest city, she jaunts around Europe in a thirty year old VW bus in the company of a sarcasm-challenged German and a mongrel dog. You can contact her on jacintalodge at yahoo.com
June 27th, 2008 at 4:26 am
I want a job like Jacinta’s
June 27th, 2008 at 10:49 am
Jenny, it’s been so hard for me to decide which bloggers I’d like to contribute to the Europe a la Carte blog. Every writer has there own style and approach and I had to judge which writers would be the best fit with the blog. At the same time I do want each writer to showcase their talents and personality and I believe different perspectives offered by each writer will enhance the blog for readers.
June 27th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
Congrats Amanda! You are just everywhere, which is good because I like your work!
June 28th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Thanks Matt. The same could be said for you … your comments pop up wherever I seem to be! Happy reading, anyway :-)
June 29th, 2008 at 12:59 am
Karen,
Glad to hear you have some help — and it looks like great help, too! Like we said in the live chat, blogging can be both solitary and time-consuming. This development will not only enrich Europe a la Carte, but it will also allow you a little time to relax, I hope.
Cheers! And best of luck to the entire team!
Angela
June 29th, 2008 at 11:01 am
Thanks for your wishes Angela, I do believe that the Europe a la Carte blog will be greatly enriched with the new blogging team. Not sure that I’ll have time to relax though, I plan to spend more time promoting the blog, attracting advertisers etc and still want to write posts myself.
June 29th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Karen
It appears you have attracted an inspiring bunch of ladies….where are the men? (no i am not soliciting)
Good luck.
Guido
June 29th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
Happy Hotelier, I consider myself fortunate to have such a bunch of great travel bloggers writing for Europe a la Carte, chosen soley on their writing abilities. I wouldn’t let feminism influence my decision.