The Smell of Hanoi

Pictures and travel diaries are great, but what really takes you back to a place all of a sudden is the smell. That’s what always happens to me when I walk past that Asian food shop and little cookshop on Rosenheimer Platz in Munich. The hot, greasy odor always takes me back to Vietnam within seconds.

Like Being in a Disney Movie - Beautiful Germany Part III

Two weeks ago, on May 1st to be exact, I went to see the most famous castle of Germany (and probably also the most well-known castle amongst the Japanese): Schloss Neuschwanstein.

Walt Disney even modeled his Sleeping Beauty Castle after Castle Neuschwanstein.
Want proof? There you go:

Beautiful Germany Part II

So here's another load of pictures:
When I visited my friend in Hamburg a few weeks ago we took a trip to the Baltic Sea. Which seemed kind of stupid because it was 10° C (about 50° F) at the  most and the sun only showed sporadically. But I had never been the Baltic Sea before, so I didn't mind the weather. We went to the beach at Timmendorfer Strand which is about an hour from Hamburg.

I'm back! - Beautiful Germany Part I

It's been a while since my last post. But when my Social Media class at UCR ended, I planned on keeping up this blog so here we go:
Being back in Germany means more "reality" and less time (and money) to travel. But I managed to take a few trips around Germany to visit friends and I want to share some pictures of those trips with you:

Strolling along the Dreisam

A few weeks ago I went to Freiburg, a cute city down in the south-west corner of Germany. It's got all those little creeks running through the city center and the river Dreisam which gives Freiburg a relaxing and mediterranean atmosphere. Here are a few impressions: