I just voted in the German parliamentary (Bundestag) election, and so I figured I’d write an explanation about how it all works. To begin with, there are five main political parties in this election: the SPD (social democrats), CDU (Christian Democratic Union, Merkel’s party and the most conservative of the traditional parties), Die Linke (“the left” – most votes […]
Author: Ari Mendelson
[Extended] Weekend in Sofia: Strike in Berlin
Ever since my trip to Bucharest in February, I have wanted to go back to Eastern Europe. I really love traveling here, as it is so amazing and different from what I’m used to. I planned a trip to Sofia, Bulgaria from March 11 to 13th, taking advantage of another Ryanair deal I found, for […]
Weekend in Bucharest
On the weekend of Feb. 17-19, I took a trip to Bucharest, Romania. I found a great Ryanair deal for 20€ return, so I went for it and planned a weekend trip. I arrived at the airport on Friday around 21:00 (9 PM) and went through immigration (Romania is in the EU, but not the […]
Two Hours in Bremen
On my way back to Berlin from the Netherlands (on Feb 5, 2017), I had a stopover in Bremen. Because I was travelling on a Flexi ticket, I was able to choose any train I might want to take. This meant that I could extend my stopover in Bremen from a few minutes to two […]
Countries Visited
I have created a new page on my website called “Countries Visited.” On this page, I have a map of the countries I have visited along with a list. Because of the various definitions of what qualifies as having “visited” a country, I have defined two separate criteria. There is a map and list for each. […]