A few weekends ago, at the end of September, I found myself, quite unexpectedly, in the beautiful city of Copenhagen. My boyfriend likes to travel (a lot!) and so I asked if he’d take me with him because I’d always wanted to go to a Nordic country. He found a cheap ticket and voilà! there … Continue reading
Category Archives: Travelling
Mini Germany/Austria tour
After last year’s successful mini Germany tour, I decided to do another one. Except I spent little time in Germany, and more in Austria! And I didn’t do it alone, I went with my Mum. When I was little, we used to go to this little village in Austria almost every year, but then things … Continue reading
Mini Germany Tour
As a half-German, I’ve been around my motherland a few times, but mainly in the southern half. As a child/teenager I’d been to Munich, Bonn, Cologne, Aschaffenburg, Mittenwald and Wiesbaden, where my family lives. So when I was invited to a wedding in Melle, which is a small town between Hanover and Osnabrück, I thought … Continue reading
Disneyland Paris: 3rd Time’s A Charm
When I was a kid, I would have given anything to go to Disneyland. Neither one of my parents is really keen on it though, so it never happened. When I turned 21, I decided to treat myself and go with a group of friends. IT WAS AWESOME. So then I went again in 2012, … Continue reading
Nice Nice Holiday
Ah, France, the gorgeous country of cheese and bread, the language of Molière, the endless fields, the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean, the Côte d’Azur. Many will know it all from TV or movies, the Cannes festival on the Croisette, celebrities on their yachts, tourists meandering along the Promenade des Anglais… Well, if you’ve never been, … Continue reading
Charming the Sheikh
Recently, I had a collection of firsts: my first flight, my first venture out of Europe (Sharm El Sheikh) and my first girls’ holiday. To some, this might sound rather trivial, especially if you’ve been flying since infancy, if you celebrated your tenth birthday at Disneyworld or if girls’ holidays is all you have. To … Continue reading