Only skinny people live in Amsterdam

Only skinny people live in Amsterdam

Only skinny people live in Amsterdam Confused? Have you seen the houses in Amsterdam? Let me start from the beginning. When my friend Frei from Thailand told me she was coming home to The Netherlands for a month, I immediately booked a flight. I mean, we have the same...
A big fat dose of history in Berlin

A big fat dose of history in Berlin

Berlin is a city with SO much history. If you asked me at school if I liked history it would definitely have said NO. Plus, my teacher looked like he had LITERALLY stepped out of the history books. But since I have been travelling, I have discovered that history...
Oh Switzerland!

Oh Switzerland!

Oh Switzerland, you are just like the movies. Stunning scenery, chalets everywhere and cows with bells wandering around underneath my bedroom window. So perfect. You are also VERY expensive. For the 2nd half of our road trip we zigzagged in and out of Switzerland over...
The Sound of Music tour | Innsbruck

The Sound of Music tour | Innsbruck

About a month ago, on a whim we decided to take a road trip to Innsbruck and beyond for the upcoming long weekend. At some point I had to see the rest of Austria. We were doing the Alps tour. Our first stop was Innsbruck in the west. The trip takes around 5 hours by...
That wedding where the bride was kidnapped

That wedding where the bride was kidnapped

I continue to have a lot of firsts in Austria, but a bride being kidnapped takes the (wedding) cake. Let me start from the beginning. We had been invited to a wedding in the country near Salzburg. While it wasn’t a fully traditional wedding (minimal traditional...
Life is too short to have boring hair

Life is too short to have boring hair

I’m just going to say it – I don’t love going to the hairdresser. Yes, I am probably in the minority here. It’s just that for me (with so much hair) it is a lot of sitting around staring at myself in a mirror. Let’s be honest, no one...