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Eric Goldschein

Eric Goldschein

Ball Was Life, and Sometimes It Still Is

What basketball has meant to me lately, years after it meant everything.

9 min readOct 26, 2020

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Ball Was Life, and Sometimes It Still Is

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Meet The Illegal Couchsurfing Hosts Of Myanmar

What kind of people willingly break the law to let foreigners sleep on their couch for free? I tried to get the answer from these three…

24 min readFeb 3, 2019

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Meet The Illegal Couchsurfing Hosts Of Myanmar

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Travel Alone

“Go placidly amid the noise and haste and remember what peace there may be in silence.” — from Desiderata

8 min readJun 19, 2018

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Travel Alone

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Anthony Bourdain And The Painful Joy Of Travel Life

It seems easy to say this now, in the wake of his death, but the day that someone told me that I reminded them of Anthony Bourdain, my life…

6 min readJun 12, 2018

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Anthony Bourdain And The Painful Joy Of Travel Life

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13 Things I Wish I’d Known Before Visiting Paris

Paris — a city in France. It’s a place so magical, it sends Japanese tourists into an emotional tailspin, and not the good kind!

5 min readMar 21, 2018

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13 Things I Wish I’d Known Before Visiting Paris

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How To Travel Around Angkor Wat By Bicycle (And Wring Extra Days Out Of Your Pass)

Touring the super-famous Khmer ruins by bike isn’t for the weak, but those who pedal themselves there (and back, and there, and back) can…

8 min readJan 5, 2018

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How To Travel Around Angkor Wat By Bicycle (And Wring Extra Days Out Of Your Pass)

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Smartphones Are Killing What It Means To “Travel”

Smartphones are making travel easier and more enjoyable. They’re also destroying everything that was once good about it.

8 min readDec 23, 2017

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Smartphones Are Killing What It Means To “Travel”

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All Hail Hanoi, King Of Pho, The Breakfast Soup (And Every Other Kind Of Soup)

Waking up in the dark and realizing that you are on the other side of the world from everything and everyone you know and love can be…

6 min readDec 8, 2017

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All Hail Hanoi, King Of Pho, The Breakfast Soup (And Every Other Kind Of Soup)

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Donald Trump, Shitty Person, Worse President, The Worst New Yorker

Yesterday, I briefly sent myself into a panic when I couldn’t get in touch with my mom for about an hour after news broke of some asshole…

3 min readNov 1, 2017

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Travel Written

Stop Going To National Parks

You have other options.

9 min readOct 23, 2017

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Stop Going To National Parks

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Eric Goldschein

Eric Goldschein

I’m a freelance writer originally from Brooklyn. I write about travel mostly but also business and “culture.” I hope you like what you read. ericgoldschein.com

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