2022
- Name: Mery
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- What I love about being a Local Guide: I love how easy it is to help other people by sharing information that might be difficult to get otherwise. Also concerning restaurants and small shops, I feel like it's a way to support them by rewarding and acknowledging their work and effort by sharing how satisfied I was.
- My favorite thing about google maps: I made it my mission to check out every place, restaurant and cafe to wheather it's kids friendly or not and sharing my experiences. Life with a kid is so much easier when you know, what you're getting into when you're meting friends the next time!
- Fun Fact about me: After watching movies with my husband we use to have longlasting and passionate discussions about what was good and bad about it and how many points it deserves on imdb. I feel like others don't like talking about movies wih us anymore. They're just like 'Relax, it's just a movie' PS: Wakanda forever!
In the picture you can see me saving lives at work as a nurse 🙂
1. Name: Rafał - "ł" pronounced like w in "what" 🙂
2. Location: Lviv, Ukraine, although originally I was born in Poland,
3. What I love about being a Local Guide: documenting the places I discover and sharing opinions about them with others. Whenever I add a new place, I hope that it will make someone's trip more interesting.
4. My favorite places to explore: the ones that are outside of well known touristic routes and need attention so that they are preserved. If a building becomes popular, the local community starts recognizing its value more and treats it with more attention, which only helps to keep it in good shape.
Hello!
I just found out about this entire community and I'm in awe! How did I not know about this before?!
Here's a summary about me:
- Name: John
- Location: Santa Ana, Costa Rica - but originally born in Guatemala.
- What I love about being a Local Guide:
- Digital divide. Many people think that "the internet" = Facebook. If I can link digital information with the real world, I could help to bridge that divide.
- Foreigner's point of view. I'm not from Costa Rica even though I call it "home". I am a frequent traveler myself, holding 3 different nationalities, so I bring different points of view and can appreciate what works and what doesn't in terms of getting to know a place. I like to help out fellow expats, business travelers, tourists and exchange students, especially here where we don't have street names!
- Digital information is either non-existent or frequently outdated here. I am helping my fellow citizens by providing real-time information of the world around them.
- My favorite cuisine to explore: Anything LOCAL! Argentina = Asado. Poland = Pierogi. Costa Rica = Olla de Carne. Mexico = Tacos.
- Fun Fact about me: I have passports from three different contries, and I have family living in five different countries!
Cheers!
Hi! I'm Irina. I'm from Kyiv, that the capital of Ukraine.
I joined local experts community not that long ago. Why I did that? Honestly, I really don't remember why I registered. But now I exactly know why I'm here.
So. The main reason is my own experience sharing. I travel a lot. And I often use Google to plan my trips, develop timetables, and make decisions which places I'd like to visit. I'm sure, many of you faced the situation when leaflets, brochures, and websites weren't entirely truthful describing hotels, restaurants or must-see places, and that was not very nice. Remember? Marketers do their job in the best way, but we would not like to buy pig an a poke every time we spend our money on future impressions. Being local experts we are making the word more clear, more honest, more friendly. Especially for those who just starting his own big journey! May Google be with us! 🙂