Meet the writers
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Hi!, I’m Karen Bryan, the founder and editor of the multi author Europe a la Carte Blog, an interactive online travel magazine. I started the blog in October 2006, as a way of adding more content to my travel website Europe a la Carte which focuses on authentic travel in Europe on a modest budget. I believe that by venturing, even slightly, off the well worn tourist track that you can see more of the real Europe, avoiding the tourist crowds and inflated prices. The Europe a la Carte blog features posts about less well known destinations, budget travel tips and advice and travel website, accommodation and restaurant reviews.
Current writers
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.
Andy Hayes is a freelance travel writer and photographer based in Edinburgh, Scotland. When not out having travel adventures (or dreaming of new ones), he is hitting the walking trails near home. Passionate about European escapades that avoid hordes of tourists, he is feeling quite at home here at Europe a la Carte. To get in touch or see Andy’s other travelogues, visit his website at http://andyhayes.com.
Heather Cowper lives with her family in Bristol, England. She caught the travel bug as a child from family camping holidays in Europe and since then has devoted her energy to packing as many holidays as possible in between day job and family life. Heather loves to feel the sun on her face and when the skies are grey in Bristol she dreams of escaping to far off places to bask in the sunshine. Heather also blogs about the interesting things she sees on her travels around the world and on her doorstep at Heather on her travels.
Marcus Cederstron was born in Sweden and moved to the US just before his 6th birthday. He grew up in the United States eventually graduating from the University of Oregon. After graduation and about 17 years in the US he made the decision to move back to Sweden. He has been living in Stockholm since the summer of 2007.
Since graduation he has traveled throughout eastern Australia as well as in Sweden and Europe. His most recent trips have been to Poland and Greece where he went scuba diving for the first time since being certified.
Neha Puntambekar is a freelance writer. Having spent her growing years in Zambia, and then India, she now lives in Croatia, with her husband, where she spends her time discovering the country and the continent. Her travels and experiences usually end up as travel and lifestyle articles or can be found on her personal blog – page175.wordpress.com.
When she isn’t on her laptop, furiously typing away, she can be found at a local Zagreb café, sipping on coffee, paperback in hand.
Former writers
Caught up in the moment and the cobblestones, Suchi Rudra Vasquez writes and teaches in Prague, Czech Republic.
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.
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 and see her other projects at http://jacintalodge.com
Hello, I’m Jason Green a 35 year old American professional freelance writer and currently live in Croatia. I graduated college from San Francisco State with a degree in International Relations in 2003 and since then have, pretty much, been on the road. For the past few years have been traveling to places such as Southeast Asia and Europe and have lived in Italy and Croatia since 2006. I love to travel, play beach volleyball and write, and I have great hair. I am happy living in Croatia with my Croatian girlfriend, as it is a beautiful place with friendly people. I just wish they did not want to practice their English when I talk with them, as it does not help my Croatian. I want to keep writing and eventually work in some capacity at an NGO to do some good in this wacky world in which we live. Hope you enjoy my travel blogs and if you do I have another blog http://kazmerzack.blogspot.com. Thanks, and happy reading.
