What is a Wanderfeast?

A Wanderfeast is an exploration of a place, using your senses, your particular interests, and includes eating and drinking as part of discovery.  I was originally inspired to start Wanderfeasting on a trip in Oregon and reading from www.traveloregon.com. That started several years of family and friends using the term "Wanderfeast" as an excuse for special road-trips, hikes, bike trips, or simple walks where the emphasis was on discovery, exploration, learning about a place, followed by great food and drink. It could be a Sunday afternoon walk with the dog but I started developing an attitude and techniques to learn more about areas of our home in Berlin, or where we were traveling,. It could be a more epic multi-day hike on the UNESCO World Heritage trails in the Wachau, Austria (our home page photo), a hike in the Dolomites (above with Kona the Wanderbeast) or a simple walk through Hasenheide Park and Templehof. But it always included learning more about the place, the geography, history, culture. Eventually I wanted even more tools to help me identify great Wanders and to be able to share them with friends. That was the genesis of Wanderfeast.com and soon our Wanderfeast app. Technology is great to find amazing places to wander and then "feast", but it's still too hard to really discover and learn about a place. Too many steps and apps. What if we can make it much easier to understand a Place's DNA? What if we can personalize that discovery and exploration? So the things you're most interested in are what surface first. I think the answer is a focused app and a community and then together you and I can start building and sharing Wanders we love with our friends.

I'll put some more posts up soon with specific examples so you can see if it's something you'd like. If it is, please sign up for the email list and then you can give feedback as we roll out features and the app and let us know if it's working to enhance your own Wanders.