
Traveling Europe with 3 Indonesian Grandmothers: Postmortem
Wow I have been away for a while! My mom and two aunties came to London. We traveled around Western Europe for 18 days. Back to London and traveled some more after working hours and on the weekend (I had…

Indoeuropa: Wayang – the Shadow Puppet
I always get a bit excited when I find bits of Indonesia in Europe – a continent so far away, in distance and in culture. I guess when you’re far away from home (though that term is highly arguable for…

Getting Fat in Bruges
The cute town of Bruges ended our first swipe of Europe. People had been telling me to watch In Bruges before I went, and I didn’t. But I watched it not so long ago, after I came back, and loved…

Prague the Fairy Tale City and How We Almost Missed It
Next leg of our Europe trip was Prague! It was the city I looked forward to the most and it met all my expectations and beyond! It is such a gorgeous city that you can just wander in aimlessly. So…

Rich Vienna and the Travelling Empress
Continuing my Europe trip, we went by train from Munich to Vienna, which takes around 4 hours. The train itself should probably have prepared me for what was coming. I was very impressed with the Austrian train, which was probably…

Insights into My Second Swipe of Europe This Summer
When people do a tour of Europe, I always wonder what route they take and how they get from point to point. Very rarely, if ever, did I get this information. So here I am now, sharing the result of…

Map of my First Swipe of Europe
I found this pretty cool itinerary map builder at Travellerspoint. They also have pretty good information on each city as you build your map. Here’s the itinerary map of my first swipe of Europe last winter: Straight line indicates land…

Neuschwanstein, the Real Live Disney Castle
Sometimes I go somewhere with lots of ammunition ready. Lots of plans, maps, reading on the place of destination. Sometimes I just go with “we’ll see what’s there” attitude. And sometimes this works just as well. For Europe winter trip,…

Queuing in Paris
For the second leg of our Europe winter trip we went to Paris, using Eurostar early in the morning from London. London-Paris trains takes 2.5 hours by crossing the underwater tunnel. I can tell that I will pass Paris quite…

Post Christmas 2011 in Amsterdam
I used to have a travel blog for a very short period of time. Have no idea why it didn’t last very long even though I have tons of stories and pictures. Possibly because I spent too much time on…