Tokyo – my first encounter with Japanese everyday life and culture – left a good impression and prepared me for more to come – hence, let me guide you to ten of its most extraordinary neighborhoods.
A warm and fun welcome to Tokyo from these sweet ambassadors.
Tokyo – the first cut is the deepest. However, this one didn’t hurt at all.
Four days in Amsterdam: Just the perfect amount of time to get to know the most iconic spots and landmarks as well as some truly unique gems on a long weekend.
Rush hour on River Amstel in front of the Brug 76 bridge.
During a long weekend in Amsterdam, I got to experience a lot. In this post, I’m introducing my long list of activities and places for you to follow. Or you just pick what suits you most. Either way, you’ll spend a highly inspiring city break. And if this time, you have only one day to spend, I also have you covered: In my post 24 hours in Amsterdam, I put together custom-made itineraries for either a sunny or a rainy day.
Travelling to Marrakech? Getting a bit nervous? I don’t blame you! Although I’m an avid female solo traveller, the idea of spending three days by myself in mystic and mysterious Marrakech was simply petrifying. I saw myself wandering mindlessly through narrow alleys, lost between snake charmers and tourist enticers, entangled in 1001 pushy sales pitches, never finding my way back to my Riad.
Of course, these guys aren’t selling water nowadays. But they are selling illusions. Actually, pretty suiting for a place like the enigmatic Jemaa el-Fnaa.
And although Marrakech was actually everything I expected – and even so much more – it did not intimidate let alone scare me. Yes, there were charmers – aiming at snakes and at tourists. But neither were the sellers as pushy as expected nor the alleys as confusing as feared. Did I get lost? Yes, but there was definitely no reason for losing it.
Tradition and modernity in social graces, grand culture, and inspiring architecture are the reasons you should definitely visit Bangkok for more than just one night.
Panoramic View of Bangkok from the Golden Mount
A visit to the vibrant capital is a must on every trip to Thailand. Therefore, it’s very convenient that most individual travellers are landing at one of Bangkok’s airports, anyway.
I will not beat around the bush – São Paulo, Brazil’s Art Hub, was my favorite Brazilian city.
There’s a lot of truly amazing street art in São Paulo.
Although Bonito enchanted me with its natural beauty, Foz do Iguaꞔu impressed me with the power of nature – São Paulo is the place where I see myself living and working and being part of the cool, artsy crowd.
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