Explore Stories from Around the World with Ella

Author, YouTuber, Storyteller

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Hi! I'm Ella: Your Fellow Travel Disaster Enthusiast

I've lived in Zimbabwe, Korea, Russia, and Germany—and somehow managed to embarrass myself spectacularly in many different languages.

What started as fleeing around the world turned into collecting stories: the German bureaucrat who made me cry (twice), the Korean grandmother who adopted me at a bus stop, and the Russian winter that nearly killed my South African soul. These aren't Instagram highlights (mostly), they're the messy, funny, heartwarming truths about finding love and losing your luggage in equal measure.

My debut book "Babette" launches October 2024, telling my mother's story of love and sacrifice that shaped everything I understand about relationships. Because sometimes you have to meet your ghosts before you can write your own love story.

Author Ella on an adventure in Korea
Author Ella on an adventure in Korea
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Why you'll love following this journey:

  • Honest stories about travel, love, and cultural confusion

  • Behind-the-scenes of becoming an author at almost 40

  • Monthly Munich meetups if you're here (yes, really!)

  • First dibs on new stories and book releases

Ready to laugh, cry, and maybe plan your own adventure?

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Ella's storytelling transports me to places I've never been. I couldn't put the book down!

Lara K.

A collection of travel-related items arranged on a white surface, including an open journal with travel notes and a black-and-white photo of a woman with Tower Bridge in the background. There is a vintage-style camera on the left and a tin pencil case labeled 'London' with British-themed images. Several washi tapes in a variety of colors and patterns are scattered, some inside a jar and others outside.
A collection of travel-related items arranged on a white surface, including an open journal with travel notes and a black-and-white photo of a woman with Tower Bridge in the background. There is a vintage-style camera on the left and a tin pencil case labeled 'London' with British-themed images. Several washi tapes in a variety of colors and patterns are scattered, some inside a jar and others outside.

Spot on! Creative way of writing the story of how they met each other, it transports you into a young man and what he is going through in that moment.

Brand S.

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A notebook with an illustration of Big Ben and the word 'London' lies open on a white surface. A vintage-style camera sits adjacent to the notebook, angled slightly towards it. On top of the notebook is a beige passport holder with the words 'Never Stop Exploring' printed on it.
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