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 …

DORNBIRN, AUSTRIA FOR FIRST TIME VISITORS

GUESTPOST BY TANJA FROM A STUDENT'S CLOSET **************************** have you ever been to a city where you can reach three different countries in just half an hour each? if not, you definitely have to visit dornbirn! dornbirn may not be vorarlberg’s capital city, but it is the biggest city of vorarlberg. and by big, i …

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 …

WYNWOOD ART DISTRICT IN PICTURES

for this post i'm doing a huuuge throwback to 2016 because it's super cold in austria and i'm really really missing the sun! when i went to miami, florida with my family in 2016 we decided to pay a visit to the WYNWOOD ART DISTRICT which is home to over 70 galleries, museums and collections …

VIENNA, AUSTRIA FOR FIRST TIME VISITORS

have you ever wondered what the world’s most livable city looks like? come visit the city of vienna and find out for yourself! i was lucky enough to be born and raised in the beautiful country of austria, which is located literally in the heart of europe. i grew up in a small town but …

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 …