by Stowaway Magazine | Feb 18, 2019 | Culture, Eats, Life, Winter 2019
Photo by Lulu Chen In Taipei, snacking is almost a cultural celebration, and nowhere showcases that better than the city’s numerous night markets. For more than a century, every night around 5 p.m., hundreds of vendors flock to stalls lining both sides of the...
by Stowaway Magazine | Feb 15, 2019 | Blog, Culture, Fall 2019, Life
In current western society, knowledge is a simple Google search away. If you don’t want to be surprised by traffic, you look it up. When you want to go to the movies, your pick your seats ahead of time. If you aren’t sure your local department store has something...
by Stowaway Magazine | Apr 12, 2018 | Culture, Fall 2018, Life
Throughout the hustle and bustle of cities, you will find whimsical pockets of nature tucked away between alleyways and abbeys. Some are cached away, kept as a secret of sorts from unsuspecting passersby; others may be better known yet inadvertently overlooked. While...
by Stowaway Magazine | Apr 5, 2018 | Culture, Fall 2018, Life
When it’s Christmastime in Germany, the town squares transform into enchanted holiday scenes with open-air stalls, decorated Christmas trees, and brightly lit paper stars. Aromas of sizzling sausage, spices, and sweets delight the senses. As soon as Advent begins, the...
by Stowaway Magazine | Feb 15, 2017 | Culture, Life, Winter 2017
My grandpa is Swedish; my grandma, English. Whenever his wife would start reminiscing about the glories of the motherland, my Papa, a lifelong chemist, would always reply, “But you’ll never meet an English inventor. Bunch of druids. The Swedes invent things.” Whether...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jan 9, 2016 | Culture, Life, Winter 2016
Many innocent hand signs and other gestures in America can offend residents of another country or even give the complete opposite meaning from what was intended. Here is a quick guide of gestures, where they are okay to use and where they are not, to help you in your...
