About
Green Simon is a place for travelers of all parts of the world to share stories, how-to’s, tips, guides, and anything else they find interesting. Green Simon is the metaphorically inexperienced and energetic middleman of information who desires to learn as much as he desires to share knowledge. We are interested in the enlightening experiences, the journey, the detours, the unexpected friendships, the story behind the picture, and all those little moments that make you look at the world in a different way.
Who is Green Simon?
Max Greenhood
Founder, Designer, Editor in Chief
Turkey, Greece, Germany, United Arab Emirates, U.K., Netherlands, France, Norway, Sweden, Costa Rica, & Egypt
About
Max Greenhood is a semi-professional real life avoider with a BBA in Business Marketing. Max has studied at Istanbul’s Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi, worked as a videographer for James Madison University’s study abroad program in Turkey and Greece, and is currently living in Cairo, Egypt. In his spare time Max is a musician, artist, corny-joke teller, and wanna-be beer connoisseur.
Max’s Favorite of the Moment
City: Berlin, Germany
Band: Fleet Foxes
Beer: Heineken
TV Show: It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Brother from “Hanson”: Isaac
Way to Waste Time: Theorizing a way to stop hiccups with a 100% success rate
Dream Journey: Riding the entirety of the Tans-Siberian Railway
Kathie Hagy
Staff Writer
Japan, Vietnam, India, Spain
About
A native of Virginia, Kathie Hagy earned a B.A. in English from James Madison University. During her college years, Kathie studied a semester abroad at La Universidad de Salamanca in Spain. She currently teaches elementary and middle school English in northwest Japan. Besides travel, Kathie loves hugs, hikes, words that can’t be translated to English, and ice cream.
Kathie’s Favorite of the Moment:
City: Jodhpur, India
Band: Phantogram
Beer: Yuengling
Phrase that can’t be translated to Japanese: “I miss you”
Food: Breakfast
Way to Waste Time: Making lists
Dream Journey: South America, bottom to top
Zak Mehan
Staff Writer
Honduras, Costa Rica, The Bahamas, Great Britain, Ireland, Sweden, The Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Monaco, Poland, Turkey, Austria, China, Thailand, Japan, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, & Greece
About
Zachary (Zak) Mehan has a major in Political Science, a passion for creative writing, and the belief that his outlook on life matures with each new culture that he experiences. From a traveling family, Zak lived in a London suburb during high school and spent three months in China on a study abroad program in college. He hopes to share his love of traveling and great experiences with as many people as possible through his writing to elicit the adventurer in all of us that can teach us so much about the world and ourselves.
Zak’s Favorite of the Moment
City: London
Band: Led Zeppelin
Beer: Golden Monkey – Victory Brewing Co.
Food: Sushi
TV Show: The Wire
Way to Waste Time: Read
Dream Journey: Hiking in the Himalayas
Word that should be used more: Obstreperous
Shannon Wright
Staff Writer
France, England, Scotland, Greece, India, Kenya, Botswana, Tanzania, South Africa, Zambia, Italy, Belgium, USSR (when it existed), Germany. The Cayman Islands, Virgin Gorda, & Bonaire
AboutShannon’s Favorite of the Moment:
City: Jaisalmer, India
Band: Gotye
Beer: Abita Strawberry
Constellation: Cassiopeia
One Liner: This isn’t my first rodeo
Way to Pass the Time on Trains/Planes/Blimps: Perusing Skymall for lawn gnomes
Dream Journey: Australia by horseback
Vic Dorschel
Contributing Writer
Canada, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos
About
Vic is about as close to a professional traveler as you can get. For the last five years charter boats, odd jobs, and an urge to keep moving have taken him around the world and back. Vic enjoys new experiences, new people, and seeing what happens when he takes the word “no” out of his vocabulary. When he’s not hiking, spear fishing, or hunting back at home, he’s eating, or dreaming about eating, meat on a stick with a cold Chang (Thai beer) to wash it down.
Vic’s Favorite of the Moment:
City: Galway, Ireland
Band: too many… couldn’t live without music
Beer: Guinness (the real stuff you can only get in Ireland)
Sleeping Arrangement: In a bush, lost in Cairns, Australia. Woke up with guys in suits, moms and other respectful people staring and walking by.
Way to Waste Time: People watching and people meeting
US State Quarter Design: California
Dream Journey: On foot through the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, and all the way up and around India. A boat from Bahamas to Galapagos, and on from there – my dream journey is to never stop traveling.
Molly Greenhood
Contributing Writer
Australia, New Zealand, Italy, France, Norway, Germany, Ireland, U.K., & Netherlands
About
Aside from exploring the world Molly is a film major with a minor in creative writing, which took her on a recent cross-country trip to the rainless shores of California for work. Molly has studied travel writing at University of Cork College in Cork, Ireland. Molly loves cats, listens to a variety of music and thoroughly enjoys the act of eating delicious food. Molly’s next move will be to either Ireland or New York in search of film and writing jobs.
Molly’s Favorite of the Moment
City: Dublin, Ireland
Band: Menomena
Beer: The one and only Pabst Blue Ribbon
Quote from the Kardashians: “I hate when women wear the wrong foundation colour, it might be the worst thing on the planet when they wear their make up too light.”
Slang: “Scrots” as in “scrots m’goats” as in “scrotally” as in “totally”
Way to Waste Time: Read Lord Voldemort’s tweets @LordVoldemort7
Dream Journey: Food Tour Across Asia
Christine Robinson
Contributing Writer
Philippines, Japan, U.K., Mexico, Norway, Costa Rica, Bermuda, New Zealand, Australia, Jamaica, Spain, & Morocco
About
Christine Robinson wrote her first book, “Things I Have Said That Are Funny” at the young age of nine. Despite the fame and fortune this brought her around the house, she went on to acquire a BA in English, minoring in Art and Literature. She spends her time camping on her front lawn, shooting guns at paint-filled balloons and encouraging people to name songs after her. She has just returned from a short stint studying in Barcelona, Spain with the University of Iowa and cares to continue educating herself from New York City.
Christine’s Favorite of the Moment
City: Margaret River, Western Australia
Band: Brazilian Girls
Beer: Wine
Word: Noodle
Transportation: Blimp
Way to Waste Time: Bake elaborate cakes during the week for no reason
Dream Journey: Mountain railway trip across India
“The real voyage of discovery consists of not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.”
-Marcel Proust
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