Monday, May 27, 2013

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.

Friday, May 17, 2013

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:

Saturday, May 11, 2013

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.

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

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: