Ingrid Heydebrand Sophia - GREATER THAN A TOURIST- QUEENS NEW YORK USA

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Greater Than a Tourist- Queens

New York USA

50 Travel Tips from a Local

Sophia Ingrid Heydebrand

Greater Than a Tourist-Queens New York USA Copyright 2020 by CZYK Publishing LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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All Original Content By: Sophia Ingrid Heydebrand

Editing Support By: Jay Weiss

Editor: Caitlin Chang

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Greater Than a Tourist

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ISBN: 9798647671585

BOOK DESCRIPTION

With travel tips and culture in our guidebooks written by a local, it is never too late to visit Queens. Greater Than a Tourist- Queens NY USA by author Sophia Ingrid Heydebrand offers the inside scoop on all things fantastic: food, art, and culture in NYCs most diverse borough. Full of travel-friendly activities, fun entertainment venues, and culinary feasts for every palate, this guide is your local passport to Queens. With Fast Facts on getting around, and a list of resources (found in the back of this guide!), we invite you to learn more about this particular corner of the city that millions call home. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this book will give you candid travel tips from someone who has lived in your next travel destination. This guide book will not tell you exact addresses or store hours but instead gives you knowledge that you may not find in other smaller print travel books. Experience culture, culinary delights, and attractions with the guidance of a local. Slow down and get to know the people with this invaluable guide. By the time you finish this book, you will be eager and prepared to discover new activities at your next travel destination.

Inside this travel guide book you will find:

Visitor information from a Local

Tour ideas and inspiration
Valuable guidebook information and time savers

Greater Than a Tourist- A Travel Guidebook with 50 Travel Tips from a Local. Slow down, stay in one place, and get to know the people and culture. By the time you finish this book, you will be eager and prepared to travel to your next destination.

OUR STORY

Traveling is a passion of the Greater than a Tourist book series creator. Lisa studied abroad in college, and for their honeymoon, Lisa and her husband toured Europe. During her travels to Malta, an older man tried to give her some advice based on his own experience living on the island since he was a young boy. She was not sure if she should talk to the stranger but was interested in his advice. When traveling to some places she was wary to talk to locals because she was afraid that they werent being genuine. Through her travels, Lisa learned how much locals had to share with tourists. Lisa created the Greater Than a Tourist book series to help connect people with locals. A topic that locals are very passionate about sharing.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DEDICATION

This book is dedicated to my parents, Wolf Von Heydebrand and Elizabeth Robinson, who have been my greatest teachers in life.

This book is for you.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sophia is a native New Yorker, born and raised. A food enthusiast, self-taught cook, and world traveler, Sophia has called many places home. Sophia enjoys falling in love with new dishes, at new restaurants, in new neighborhoods. During her undergraduate and graduate college years, Sophia spent ten years traveling and studying across Europe, North Africa, and the Mediterranean. In the course of this pivotal time in her life, Sophia learned the joy of being a global citizen and a contributor to the values of mutual respect and understanding.

Sophia has an inherent impulse to share, collaborate, and build connections with locals, spaces, and places. For her, these experiences have always been centered around food and sharing it with friends. Sophias passion for eating, traveling, and writing springs from being around kitchen tables that are foreign. You can most often find Sophia sitting among her friends in front of a huge, steaming Tajine that is the centerpiece of the table where meze, tapas, and wine are passed around and shared with her neighbors.

With experience teaching English abroad, Sophia has spent the last five years working as a public school teacher in Queens, NY. When not planning her next big trip or globetrotting, Sophia spends her free time writing and spending time with her loving husband. She is currently preparing the launch of her travel and lifestyle brand, The Traveler Review.