Category Archives: World

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European Times

I miss…
buying air tickets last minute
going to Copenhagen without any notice
sleeping on the lawn
being woke up by the sun at 3 a.m.
singing in the rain in Amsterdam
throwing snow at each other
biking everywhere
worrying about not being able to get to the airport in a small Latvian town that speaks no English
amazed by the beauty of Tallinn [...]

Obviously, we ARE something else and kangaroo

No offence to friends from the States.  I know you are a lovely bunch and all.  And I do know the fact that NOT all the Americans think that way.  But I was first shown the second picture by an American friend when he had to introduce his country in front of a master class.  [...]

Coming Up Next: Taipei

I booked my flight to Taiwan in December thanks to my mom’s perpetual pestering. It was originally a trip that I had planned to have in the summer, but the unexpected early appointment at work had blew out the plan. And I kept putting it off since I couldn’t find a travel mate [...]

What does it take to become a city?

You may think the I am insane when I say that I feel suffocated when I live in Lund and that I am craving big cities because every urban planner is supposed to be engineered to hate big cities and skyscrapers and to love small European towns. But the truth is, I am [...]

Conquering the Artic Circle, Day 1: Lund > Stockholm > …

After the chaotic and tiring night, I continued to follow up things, run my errands and began my mission to wake people up… and yet, I still forgot to fill in my application for leave of absence for semester 2 in 2008. Anyway, I eventually was able to finish packing in time and [...]

Baltics, Day 6: Leaving the Baltics via Liepājā

On the last day in Latvia, we all woke up 5.45 to catch the 7.05 bus to Liepājā. As we have learnt our lesson with Latvian public transport after spending a few days here ;-)

Waiting for our bus to Liepājā at Rīga Autoosta
After we arrived the Autoosta at Liepājā, we went to [...]

Baltics, Day 1: I heart Tallinn!

I am in Tallinn!!!  Although I have only seen Tallinn at night, I am already loving it.
We departed from Kastrup at 3 and arrived Tallinn by plane at dusk.  Flying from Kastrup to Tallinn took about an hour however due to the time difference between Sweden and Estonia, it was already 7 when we got [...]

Masking Tape Art and Melbourne

Melbourne has an ecletic sense of art. I am always amazed by the satirical and often very intelligent stencils that artists draw on various walls around the city. Then I think, well if I owned that wall, it would be a pain to clean all of that graffiti off. Sure you can draw in chalk [...]

Amsterdam, Day 1!

Our original flight early in the morning got cancelled so our day in Amsterdam started way later, which at the same time is a relief that we don’t have to wake up 4 in the morning but we also missed a whole lot of time in Amsterdam! So we made our way to Kastrup [...]

Blog from Heathrow

The three-week-and-five-day in Hong Kong has again passed without any warning and here I am in an yet-to-be-explored territory(‘s airport… as in the infamous Heathrow).
I realise I haven’t written much while I was in Hong Kong, but it was only because I didn’t want my negativity towards Hong Kong to aggravate - and [...]