Where Siberia ends, Japan begins. Our return to Tokyo comes at the very end of the Trans-Siberian Railway. When we set off on our month-long journey through Siberia, Japan had already been our original destination. Our new nomadic life allowed for slow travel, so we chose the train over flying. Awaiting us at the end […]
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Queenstown. I stare in awe at the mountain landscape unfolding outside the window. I’m already in love with New Zealand before we even land. The airplane wing seems to almost graze the mountainside as we descend, preparing to land in Queenstown. Our lives are about to drastically change,yet we don’t know it. *This post contains
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*Post includes a link to my Amazon site A journey to minimalism doesn’t necessarily need traveling at all, but in our case the minimalistic lifestyle lead to a nomadic life.Leaving everything was the only possible way to get out of the rat race. Hitting the road was a path for downshifting, in many ways. But
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Serbian Christmas falls on January 7th, and what is Epiphany in many countries, is Christmas Eve, Badnji dan, in Serbia.This is because Serbian Orthodox Christians celebrate their holidays according to the Julian calendar.Currently, the Julian calendar lags 13 days behind the Gregorian calendar. While living in Belgrade, we happily celebrated the Christmas twice. We have
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Along the quiet street, there are low, mostly wooden buildings. Many feature decorative columns and long verandas, with sidewalks running beneath them. Another similar street intersects, gently rising uphill. Right in the city center, the ground floors of buildings house small shops, and a few blocks away stand only residential houses. While the main street
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The instructions are coming at us like a torrential downpour: The dogs are to be given a slice of sausage this size twice a day, the swimming pool needs daily cleaning, the garden irrigation system tap number one should be left on for fifty minutes, and tap number three for only twenty minutes. Oh, and
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*This post includes an affiliate link to accommodation 3 Gili Islands experiences – Gili Air, Gili Meno, Gili Trawangan – are these Lombok islands next to Bali worth visiting and which one is the best?
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Have you heard of the red, flat-topped felt hat called fez?This traditional Moroccan piece of clothing got its name from Fès, the former capital of Morocco.That’s where we’ll wander today. Fès is a glimpse into the Tales of Thousand and One Nights.
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