Katja is the founder of Travelettes, a project with which she hopes to inspire girls around the world to put on their lipstick and backpacks and JUST DO IT. Originally from a small town in East Germany, she has spent the last 11 years of her life traveling over 40 countries, learning 4 foreign languages and attempting to master the art of “backpacking in heels”. After getting degrees in psychology in Paris and London she is currently working as a photographer in Berlin (www.katjahentschel.com, www.glamcanyon.com).
Drop her a line at katja@travelettes.net
Sophie left England fresh out of University and into her first long-haul backpacking trip… that was two years ago. She briefly went home long enough to pack and sell her things before boarding another plane to her favourite city, Melbourne, Australia. She’s been living there for just over a year and is loving the unique cafes, the street art, hidden bars in alley ways, the second-hand ’Opp’ stores, the markets, the art of latte pouring… The only travelette in Australia doesn’t want to leave!
Sophie reads emails at sophie@travelettes.net
Kathrine is part of our Berlin-based team where she constantly manages to astound her co-workers with her seemingly neverending positive energy. Originating from Norway, Kath has been living and studying in Portugal and Germany for the past 3 years. If she had 3 wishes she’d ask for a round-the-world-ticket, a lifetime-supply of caipirinhas and world peace.
Say “Hej” to Kathrine at kathrine@travelettes.net
Nina, as one of the first team members, is the illustrator behind Travelettes and supports us as a graphic designer and admin. She spent 6 months living in Barcelona and all her life travelling through Europe. If she could be anywhere right now she’d be backpacking through South England tracking down the real britishness in the opposite sex. Check out her blog and portfolio to see more of her work.
Contact Nina via nina@travelettes.net
As a diplomat’s daughter, Ina traded the horror of spending her entire childhood among cows and hillbillies in northern Germany for a life of travelling and moving around. She has lived in Belgrade and NYC and currently enjoys the city of Berlin and its many vices. Her secret goal in life is to try out all of the culinary delights this planet has to offer, and to magically resuscitate Jim Morrisson so that the two of them can get married and live happily ever after, in Paris. Ina loves sushi, surfing and short films and couldn’t keep her room tidy if her life depended on it.
Sushi deliveries to ina@travelettes.net
Marie-Therese took to traveling like a fish to the water. The likes of Peru, Bolivia and Equador have have saved her from a dull highschool life in her German hometown of Karlsruhe. Following her calling to be an internationalista, Marie is now studying in London which she will leave soon for a trip through Guatemala, Belize, Mexico and a semester abroad in San Diego, California. We hope she’ll take us for a ride. Marie’s photos can be admired on marietography.blogspot.com
Send her lovely emails to marie@travelettes.net
Born and raised in rural England, Lorna has spent the last 6 years travelling to wherever her passport and limited bank balance will allow. She likes tea, sushi, taking photos, champagne, and has a worryingly large collection of knitted jumpers. She dreams about moving to Montreal to grow old and grey but until that day arrives she’s quite content with what the rest of the world has to offer. Always up for a crazy challenge and a beer or two, Lorna documents her adventures on her blog www.randomlorna.blogspot.com.
Cheers to lorna@travelettes.net
Yvonne loves backpacking, at least she would, if someone else carried the backpack for her. But not even the heaviest bag in the world could diminish her love of traveling. Trips to Jamaica, Cuba or South Africa have only made her more hungry to see the rest of the world and she hopes to one day go on an extensive trip around the globe. Should she quit her career as a TV editor for travel shows, it will probably be in favor of opening a coconut bikini company at a beach somewhere in Thailand. Read more of her travel tales on her blog.
Contact Yvonne at yvonne@travelettes.net
Kyra loves her home of San Francisco, where you can find her meowing for no reason, drinking beer in the park, dancing past dawn, or in the kitchen cooking up yummy yummy things. When the fog starts to close in she runs away to the sun to frolic and warm her pasty skin. Her favorite places so far are Italy, Thailand, Costa RIca, Indonesia and of course California. Her favorite things to do away from home? Reading in a hammock, dancing with fire, or learning how to cook more yummy yummy things.
Send an “Aloha” to kyra@travelettes.net
Luise is one of the few real Berliners. Even though she loves her hometown, where she plans to one day own a house with the white picket fences, she escapes frequently. After longer stays in Rome, Florence and New York, she recently came back to Berlin and is currently planning her future in Argentina. By late 2011 she will leave for Buenos Aires to learn Tango and drive motorcycles, following into the footsetps of Che Guevara. To see the world through her eyes, check out: luise.carbonmade.com
Have something to say to Luise? Email her at luise@travelettes.net
Karolin was born in Rio de Janeiro, taking her first steps at the Copacabana. Feeling the warm sand under her baby feet shaped her life as now she can never get enough of exotic countries and exploring different cultures. As a kid, she traveled extensively with her parents and after finishing school in Hamburg, the world was her oyster. In the past years, she lived, studied and worked in Michigan, Malaga, Mexico City, Paris and New York. When not traveling, Karolin loves to hang out at her place in Berlin Kreuzberg, chilling in her hammock, reading a good book or thinking about the next destination.
Karo will read your travel tips at karolin@travelettes.net
Growing up in the sticks of Austria, Klara didn’t see a lot of the world until she packed her rucksack over night and buggered off to Belgium without any other aim but to become a fruit-picker. She never saw a single strawberry but had a wonderful time figuring out that she simply loves travelling. Klara spent the last two years studying in Austria and Lisbon, working in fancy East-London, climbing cedar trees in Morocco and hiking through Iceland on her own. As a cinematographer and photographer she shares what makes this world worth living in for her.
You can ask Klara all about her travels at klara@travelettes.net
