Every traveler has cities that stick. For me, Berlin and Johannesburg are the two that hit me the hardest in completely different ways, but with the same intensity.
Berlin feels mindful, creative, intelligent, and calm in its own unique way.
Johannesburg feels raw, alive, spontaneous, and electric beneath the surface.
Berlin nourishes your internal world.
Johannesburg activates your external one.
Both cities have edges. Both cities carry history. Both cities have a rhythm that doesn’t care whether you’re ready for it.
They’re cities you don’t just visit, you feel.
And when a city hits your soul, distance stops mattering. You carry pieces of both with you long after you’ve left.
