As I stare at the wooden relief that depicts the flight of the Winter King (Frederick of the Palatinate) inside the Prague Castle, the realization dawns on me on what makes this city special. This very scene that was carved around 1630 is not far from the bird’s eye view of the Old Town when…
From a geographic perspective, us Filipinos can always say, Hong Kong is always a good idea. A 1,200 km distance away means a 2-hr flight already transports you to a different world of iconic skylines, fascinating neighborhood and a glorious harbour. Visiting a few days before the Lunar New Year though could be quite busy…
On my own I wouldn’t probably include a trip to a cemetery in my itinerary (on my first weekend in Paris nonetheless!) but my French friend Guill thought this was a good idea and so that Saturday we went to Père Lachaise cemetery in the 20th arrondissement. And it’s safe to say, it’s the first…
A hopeless romantic, I admit I’m one of those girls who still dreams of meeting someone special while traveling on a train after watching Before Sunrise. In my recent #CakesinEurope adventure, I had the chance to ride a train solo from Vienna to Prague where my multi-city coach tour would start. As I sit across…
Though it’d be personally unacceptable for me to plan only one day in Paris, things like this happen in life and frankly, I’d take this chance than not having to see my favourite city again at all. But for those travelling with just 24 hrs to see the City of Lights for the first time,…
Paris, from above, is a flat city, all thanks to Baron Haussmann’s strict rules about the height of apartments all the way back from the 1800s. But here and there, its gorgeous skyline with zinc-clad rooftops is punctuated by different iconic structures that make for an interesting panorama. It’s not enough to see these structures…
When I posted pictures in this city in Germany, I got a message from a Facebook friend (a co-hostel dweller last year in Paris) asking how I enjoyed the place. It turns out that he stayed here for his university degree. That this place is a university town is something that was not mentioned during…
One of the many questions I get whenever I post pictures of my solo travels is, who took your photo? In last post’s topic of doing DIY vs joining a group tour, this problem definitely falls to the cons of doing a DIY trip. It is a disadvantage yes, but one that can’t be overcome….
Whenever I imagine that I may have landed in Warsaw instead of Prague from Vienna (if not for a group of Filipinos I talked to in the train who told me we’re supposed to transfer to a different train in Breclav), I think of the advantage of joining group tours. Certainly, you’ll never get lost…
I can still remember the first time I felt this. January 2016, the company booked an early morning Malaysian Airlines flight for a business trip to KL and I spent the evening up all night in a panic. It wasn’t my first time to fly the said airlines and granted it’s been years since its…