Lifestyle Expeditions
Curious about foreign places to visit, foods to taste and activities to do?
Chinese New Year Special: Enter the Dragon and Other Zodiac Signs
Does Western world understand Chinese New Year right? Gabor Holch expertly guides us through the maze of the centuries-long symbols, so everyone could fully appreciate the celebrations, taking place from February 10th to February 24th.
Winter Holidays: From Darkness to Light, Year After Year
One may wonder why our ancestors chose to celebrate hope and new beginnings at the gloomiest time of the year in much of the inhabited world. Yet, the darkness and cold that people must endure during their holiday shopping and commutes to and from parties are exactly the point of winter holidays.
Around the world, some lovingly decorate trees, and some “feed” their dead trunks until they “poop presents”; some get their thrills from dancing lion-monsters, while others wonder how reindeers get down the chimney. But ultimately, all pay their symbolic tributes to the same hope: that winter chills eventually give way to the arrival of new beginnings.
Welcome to Lifestyle Expeditions
You are cordially invited to join the Lifestyle Expeditions to experience Food Cultures around the world, read Travel Notes of fellow colleagues and Wellbeing advice of specialists in the context of intercultural communication. Please, buckle up your seatbelts and off we go to our first expedition …