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Lean Packing Essentials for Female Business Travelers

No matter if you are on a business trip for three days or two weeks: Packing always seems to be a challenge – especially when you have to look representative every single day and not jet lagged at all. But how to make sure to pack the right things for your trip in your hand…

Fake Summer Playlist

Let’s face it – This year’s spring has surpassed every expectations so far: Sunshine all day long, sitting on your balcony until midnight and having a great excuse to top up your summer wardrobe. After spending a whole day at the lakeside wearing my new bikini for the first time, I was wondering: Will spring…

How to plan your trip to India

Once you start telling your family and friends about going to India for the very first time, you will hear widely differing opinions from those who have already been travelling through India, ranging from “worst travel experience ever” to “you will love it”. Even for the more experienced travel aficionados among us, India raises a…

The “sounds like 1980 something” Mixtape

Hey, guess what…I made you a mixtape! When it comes to the ’80s, music would be one good reason to make it win the price for the most influential decade of the 20th century. A lot of people may associate a 10-year long bad taste period with it, but thankfully the 80s vibe still lives…

Bon Voyage: 5 Tips and Tricks for your next trip

Choose your seat wisely Don’t wait to choose your seat until the on-line check-in (which is usually possible 48 or 24 hours prior to your flight’s departure) and make your choice in time. A pre-screening of the reservations on a plane makes sense in order to identify seats that will come up to your expectations to the…

Playlist: Chill Baby, Chill! – Austrian Special

When it comes to electronic music real connoisseurs know that Austrian acts have set the bar high since the beginning of the 90’s. Fans of the “Hôtel Costes” compilations who are waiting for the next sampler to come, can listen to the newly released album “Gran Paradiso” (Dope Noir Records) of the Vienna based Mastermind…

The Pros and Cons of long-distance relationships

A Column Writing about relationships and love is not an easy thing do, especially as it is perceived different by every single one of us. Well, as we all know, nothing in this world worth having comes easy, especially when it is about your significant other. And yes, relationships in all their different forms and…

Playlist: French Toast

No matter if it’s about fashion, food or music: A French twist always seems to add some sophistication to certain things, isn’t it? Especially when it comes to electronic music the “Grande Nation” brought up some great artists during the last centuries, all of whom play the leading role in the following playlist:…

Guest Article on “World Women in Business”

“Death by Power Point” goes Spanish: It’s a pleasure to annouce that twentyninesomething appeared as a co-author on the recently found blog “worldwomenbusiness.com”, re-publishing the popular article “the perfect CV” of the column “Death by Power Point” in Spanish. Find the article here! Are you curious to find out more about worldwomenbusiness.com? Check out their…

Living abroad in Johannesburg: Expat Interview with Marion & Bernhard

I am glad to announce that twentyninesomething’s category “living abroad” will be enriched by another facet: Expat experience interviews, presenting insight stories about how it is to live in a country far, far away with all it ups and downs. Living abroad in Johannesburg: Marion and Bernhard’s Expat Experience The first interview is about…

Chill Baby, Chill! – the Classics

Me, 2001, sitting in a coffee place, wondering about life in general, when suddenly they started to play THAT track: “What was the name of it again…no major mainstream hit song but yet so familiar….aaah it’s on the tip of my tongue…some chill sound track…Oh no, it’s over!” Yes, that were the exact same thoughts…