Located 3 hours by bus (RegioJet – air conditioned, tv screens, free hot beverages) sits the tiny medieval town of Cesky Krumlov. It reminds me a lot of Bruges in that all the day tourists leave by 5pm and the town is quiet and peaceful. I arrived around noon and went straight to my hostel…… Continue reading Cesky Krumlov: The Bruges of Eastern Europe

Today started off with waking up at 8:30am. It was glorious to sleep in and even better since I took a Unisom the night before (the heat continues to bother me and I wake up more times during the night because I’m so hot). I decided to do the Castle today since 2 of my…… Continue reading A day at the castle and perhaps a panic attack?

I’ve never been in a country where there is such a palpable presence that not many people talk about it. However, some people are openly discussing Communism and how much of an impact it had on the Czech Republic. From last night’s ghost tour, I learned that the Czech people do not call it “communism”,…… Continue reading Communism: The thing that everyone and no one talks about

Now I see why everyone falls in love with this city. The buildings are all old-time charm and the people I’ve interacted with have all been really kind. ¿Donde eres? Said a Spanish speaking tour guide offering me a walking tour. He was cute and smiled nicely. Where are you from? You need to come…… Continue reading Prague is beyond words spectacular!

I managed to do 2 things today: step in gum and find the right bus to the airport from my AirBnB. The bus was really easy to take at 2 euros and took no longer than 25 minutes. The gum, was a bit stickier. Hahahahaha. Gotta find the humor in situations. Luckily I had tissues…… Continue reading Why hello Country #20!

Today the sun was shining in such brilliant fashion that I decided to retrace my steps from yesterday and attempt “Europe’s most beautiful balcony” again. It is definitely better in the sunlight and I even had to get a few pictures of myself in there. If you follow the blog regularly, you might notice that…… Continue reading This time the weather cooperated!

I am now in country #19! That’s right, first time in: Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.I took 2 trains yesterday; train 1 from Bruges to Brussels and I was only going to have 6 minutes transfer time to train 2 (Brussels to Luxembourg). But things worked out in that the first train was quite a bit early…… Continue reading A first time for everything!

Today I had the pleasure of spending time with Steffie whom I met in Portugal in 2016. We both arrived at our Lisbon hostel at the same time (I think it might have been her first time at a hostel?!) and we decided to go exploring Lisbon together until we could officially check in. We’ve…… Continue reading Friends…all over the world

I’m learning so much just by hanging out at my beer bar and I’ve already had some interesting experiences there. For example, Europeans use an “azerty” keyboard. They laughed at my “qwerty” one and we had an interesting debate on which name of the keyboard is less offensive. I was already outnumbered and thus lost…… Continue reading Just being present is enough sometimes!

You know those cities where it just feels like “home.” Sevilla was like that as soon as I stepped off the train. For some reason, I feel like home in this quaint, charming little town that speaks Dutch. I’m currently in Bruges, Belgium. A horse has spit on my leg (not on purpose of course)…… Continue reading Home??!