I was so happy when I spotted Cafe Giang in Yokohama’s Chinatown, as this was our favourite place in Hanoi for egg coffee! Having an egg coffee was a routine whilst on holiday in Vietnam in February and became one of our fondest memories, especially of Hanoi. When we returned from our holiday, we even…
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Picturesque Train Ride – Harz mountains
When I visited my family in the Harz national park in Germany last week, it was my biggest wish to take a ride with the Harz narrow gauge railways. This is a very picturesque, nostalgic train ride through the Harz forest‘s narrow and sometimes slightly steep paths. We decided to take the 1950s vintage steam…
Dresden‘s historic old town
It‘s now precisely three weeks ago that we‘ve left Shanghai and started our European summer vacation. Going home (or to Europe in general) for the first time in two years felt really weird at first with lots of „Oh yeahhh that‘s what it‘s like over here! I remember this now!“ moments. In case of getting…
Bagan – sunsets, balloons and Buddhist temples
During our holiday in Myanmar, the most magical place of all was the ancient city and archaeological area of Bagan, which hosts more than 2,000 Buddhist monuments from the 9th to 13th century. The best advice that someone gave us about things to do in Bagan: rent an electric scooter from your hotel and just…
Long weekend in Taipei
I have to admit I knew almost nothing about Taiwan until a few months ago when we watched an episode of BBC’s life swap where an elderly lady from the British countryside went to stay with a Taiwanese clothes shop owner in her home town of Taipei. Even from this budget TV programme I was…
The top 5 things to do in Kuala Lumpur
This year we sucked it up and paid a bit more for our flights to be able to escape Shanghai for Golden Week. Last year, we’ve spent the national holiday in Shanghai as we didn’t know we had to book long in advance to be able to afford anything and also as we were new…
Winter in Phuket
I was reluctant to write about Phuket for a long time, as I have mixed feelings about it. Sure I loved laying on the beach with 34°C sunshine or enjoying cocktails in the pool by the pool bar… but it just felt like everything and every person on that island was there merely for the…
Jitensha Adventure 