Travel experiences across the world
Yesterday I forgot to tell you about my evening! Jet lag caught up to me and I woke up far too early, so I might as well do a short post. My apartment is close to Hongdae, a trendy university-centered neighborhood in western Seoul. If most of my day yesterday was spent traversing ancient palaces… Continue reading Hongdae
After a long, restful sleep, I was fully ready to take on Seoul by storm… but first I had to clear a couple of side quests! You see, in order to take the subway, first I needed a T-money card, but to charge it I needed cash, because you cannot top it up with a… Continue reading Changdeokgung Palace, Bukchon Village, Insa-dong
It is time for a new adventure! Ever since the lockdowns started, I’ve been trying to get back into traveling, starting with visits home, then a weekend in London, then a week in Italy (that one you can read about on this very blog!), but I hadn’t done one of my big trips since I… Continue reading Arrival in South Korea
It’s our last day in Italy! As such, our main mission today was to tie up any loose ends we may have. This was more difficult than you might imagine, because we packed our itinerary so far in order of priority so we’ve seen all the main sights and most of the secondary ones too!… Continue reading Varese, Angera
Boy I am exhausted. Anyway!! Today was the day we had set aside for the Lago Maggiore Express, which is the name of a circuit around the lake. The concept is that you find your own way to the town of Domodossola, and there, for the price of €30 per person, you get a combined… Continue reading Lago Maggiore Express, Locarno
We’re simultaneously starting to run out of the top sights and getting so tired from all the walking that we’re looking for plans that require traveling further away. Today, that plan started by taking us briefly to Baveno, just to purchase tickets for the Lago Maggiore Express, a train-and-boat tour that we’ve scheduled for tomorrow,… Continue reading Mottarone, Arona
Today is the day we finally went to Lake Orta! I say finally because this is how this trip originated: we had the TV on one day last month (!) and a travel documentary about this beautiful lake in Northern Italy came on, and we went “Huh, a gorgeous Italian lake that we’ve never been… Continue reading Orta San Giulio, Omegna
For our second sunny day in Italy, our initial plan had been to go to Orta, the whole reason we came on this trip in the first place (we’ll get to that) but my guidebook says it gets especially crowded on Sundays… so instead we drove up the Lago Maggiore shoreside! Our first stop was… Continue reading Pallanza, Cannobio
I can’t believe we’re finally back here -I haven’t had the opportunity to travel properly since my trip to India in 2019, which you can read about on this very blog, and so I’m so excited to start seeing the world again! This time I’m traveling a little bit closer, to Lago Maggiore in Italy,… Continue reading Isole Borromee
Complete your Japan itinerary with at least one of these less-known destinations!
