Travel

Catalunya, Travel, Barcelona, Hiking

Vall de Nuria II: hiking the Catalan Pyrenees in sun, fog, and hail

Vall de Nuria is a picturesque green valley 2000m above the sea where you can ski in winter and hike (or just chill) in the summer. It's one...

Catalunya, Travel, Barcelona, Hiking

Mura, a beautiful medieval village with a strange hotel

The tiny village of Mura is (luckily) not a well-known tourist destination. It's one of Catalunya's little secret treasures, which I keep di...

Travel, Thailand

Krabi

In January 2020, I was in Bali and my next visa run was coming up. (When living in Bali, we need to leave the country every two months, call...

Adventures in South Lombok

I finally visited Lombok - Bali's "sister" island, and had lots of fun and adventures exploring it. Long post ahead! BTW I made another v...

Nusa Penida

After coming to Bali regularly for over 3 years, I finally ventured out to visit Nusa Penida - a small nearby "adventure" island with beauti...

Secret beaches and volcano views in East Bali

Still one of my favourite memories from Bali. I made a little vlog out of this trip! Watch it below :) This trip to East Bali was one of m...

Hanging out with deer in Nara, Japan

Nara is a mountain town where hundreds of friendly deer roam free! Along with Kurama-dera, Nara was my favourite place in Japan that I visit...

Mountains & temples in Kurama-Dera

On my last day in Japan, I returned to Kyoto. As I wrote in a previous post, I wanted to see more of Kyoto - especially its less touristy si...

Rainy walks in Kyoto

I visited Kyoto twice while I was in Osaka. The first time I went with two of my friends. The train ride was beautiful, through little town...

2 weeks in Osaka - daily life and remote work

After Tokyo, I traveled to Osaka where I spent about 2 weeks. In Tokyo I took some time off, but in Osaka I had to work. As usual I work Eur...

Tokyo, a new favourite city

I recently spent 3 weeks in Japan and I loved it! I'm a fan of Japanese culture and I knew I would like the place - but it exceeded my exp...

A spontaneous little vacation in Athens

While looking for plane tickets from Europe to Bali last time, I found a super cheap flight with Scoot - under $300! The flight was from Ath...