21 COUNTRIES BEFORE TURNING 21

"once a year go someplace you've never been before" - dalai lama this is definitely a quote i live by! while i often revisit countries i've been to already to explore new cities or areas, i still try to go to at least one new country each year. so in honor of me turning 21 …

TEN THINGS TO DO IN MARRAKECH, MOROCCO

the thing with marrakech is, you either love it or hate it – there really is no in between.  i have to say that i fell insanely in love with morocco's so red city, even if my trip to morocco was super chaotic and so many things didn't go as planned. while i really want …

TEN THINGS TO DO IN KHAO LAK, THAILAND

khao lak is a 20km / 12mi long coastal region on the andaman sea about 100km / 62mi north of phuket. it offers lovely beaches as well as jungle-covered mountains and unspoiled nature. it is super laid back, definitely not about night life and partying. so if you're looking for a calm and not too …

ETHICAL ELEPHANT EXPERIENCE IN THAILAND

elephants are thailand's national animal so you'd think they are worshipped and taken care of very well, right? wrong! elephants are my favorite animals everrr so when i started planning my trip to thailand i knew i absolutely had to find a way to meet these wonderful animals! of course i've heard about elephants being …

TEN THINGS TO DO IN PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC

prague is the capital of the czech republic and only a 3½ hour drive from vienna. so on a sunny 4-day-weekend in spring two of my girlfriends (who i'd also been to méxico with) and i decided to hop on a flixbus to the so called city of a hundred spires. prague has lived throug …

2017 TRAVEL RECAP

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! i hope you all had a good start into 2018 so far? a little late - but better late than never - i want to give you a quick overview of all the paces i got to visit last year.  i gotta say 2017 was a quite good travel year! i …

NEW YEAR’S EVE IN VERBIER, SWITZERLAND: THE GOOD AND THE BAD

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! if you read the post about my top 3 travel destinations in europe you already know that switzerland is my favorite country everrr so of course i had to celebrate the turn of the year there.  i spent new year's eve in the village of VERBIER, which is located in the …

AUSTRIA’S FAIRYTALE TOWN #1: HALLSTATT

okay, let's be honest - no one can deny that hallstatt is not only one one of austria's most popular holiday destionations (especially among asian tourists) but also one of the most picturesque lakeside towns in the whole world. the chinese love hallstatt so much that they even copied the whole village - isn't that …

ADMONT ABBEY IN PICTURES

since pictures say more than words i'm just going to give you a reeeeally quick overview of ADMONT ABBEY (which i got to visit during my roadtrip from vienna to hallstatt) before showing you all the gorgeous pictures my boyfriend and i were able to take there. the monestery was founded in 1074 it is …

TEN THINGS TO DO IN BERLIN, GERMANY

berlin is bursting with history. on every corner you can see monuments and signs which remind you of the time when berlin was still parted by its famous wall. thus when traveling to berlin you should be prepared to dig deep into the history of world war II and the impact it had on not …