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A Travelettes playlist - our favorite songs en route

October 30, 2018

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While we really love arriving at a new place we also dig the being en route part: this bag full of emotions in advance: anticipation, excitement, agitation. We’re talking roadtrips, busrides, boot tours, airport and plane scenarios. Such an important part of every journey… Long hours of gazing at the streets or into the skies, dreaming of the beach, th[...]

Indie Folk Playlist for Epic Hikes

September 18, 2018

Tamara

Inspiration

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Hearing a brilliant song that encapsulates my exact mood fills my chest with a sense of burning joy. It is a blissful moment that makes me thankful for my existence as a being with such complex emotions. Though it’s not a feeling exclusively reserved for my music; travel has the power to stir these compelling sensations too. As an avid solo trav[...]

The Ultimate Survival Guide for Festival Camping

July 30, 2017

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Festivals, Travel Prep, Travel Tips

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It’s finally here – the year long wait is over and summer has begun! Along with the arrival of long sun-drenched days, nights spent sipping icy cocktails on rooftop bars and escaping to the nearest beach on the weekends, so too does the infamous music festival season kick off. I’ve only just returned from my first festival of the summer where I spent 3-da[...]

Touring Off the Beaten Track: Interview with Lucy Rose

January 14, 2017

Kathi

Favs F, Off the beaten track, People

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Lucy Rose is a British singer-songwriter from England who gained fame first singing backing vocals for Bombay Bicycle Club and finally releasing her own debut album back in 2012. Since then she has had her songs featured in TV shows and performed the feature song for Sony Mobile. She's played festivals all over, and has a fanbase all around the world. She to[...]

The Desert Trip Festival - A cross-generational Happening

December 3, 2016

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California, Festivals

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The day has come. Today we’ll arrive at Desert Trip Festival in Indio, California. After several days' road-tripping across the United States, Stefan and I wake up in our hotel room in Twentynine Palms, about an hour's drive from Indio. We're fairly nervous at what Desert Trip might bring; the line up - which includes The Rolling Stones, Paul McCa[...]

Travelette of the Month: Charlotte Eriksson

May 20, 2015

Caroline

Personal Stories

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When Charlotte Eriksson recently told us the story behind her music and writing, we knew that you guys had to meet her! Charlotte is a Swedish singer-songwriter and author who left home at the age of 18 to pursue her art, and has been a constant traveler since. In between publishing her new short story collection ('Another vagabond lost to love', which immed[...]

10 Festivals You Should Go To In 2015

December 19, 2014

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Festivals, Top 10

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For me, 2014 was the year of festivals. I went to six in total... and only one of them required wellington boots. In fact, I didn't even sleep in a single tent during all of my festival attending time. Call me boring, but this is exactly the way I like my festivals; with a comfy bed and a warm shower. The reason I attended so many festivals this year was [...]

Visiting Iceland Airwaves Festival

December 6, 2014

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Festivals, Iceland

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Landing in Iceland, my first thoughts were ‘it’s actually not that cold!’ It was a fairly dark morning in November, and I was heading for the Iceland Airwaves Festival in Reykjavik. I had my down jacket, wooly jumper and super warm socks on, ready for the freezing temperature. But it was actually pretty warm as we boarded the bus from the airport. We head[...]

Offbeat Travel: Clarksdale, Mississippi

November 27, 2014

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Mississippi, Off the beaten track

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Sometimes, in the course of your travels, you're lucky enough to stumble upon a place with just the right vibe. A place you go to not for its famous sights or fancy venues, but for its particular energy. A place that gets passed on from person to person, through the tales of those who have been before. A place where you immediately bond with the people you m[...]

Bestival Festival: Glitter, Fancy Dress & Hugs

September 16, 2014

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England, Festivals

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Walking into Bestival, a four-day music festival on the Isle of Wight, for the first time felt reminiscent of walking into my very first big-girl sleepover. I remember the sheer excitement of having a whole night of lax parental supervision that would be filled with eating too much ice-cream, playing truth or dare and talking to that cute boy. It was this[...]

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