November 20th, 2022 Bordeaux is a port city in southern France that sits on the banks of the Garonne river. The city is filled with historic monuments and has unique architecture. I could have easily spent days there, but I only had a few hours to walk around and try… Read More »Bordeaux
October 23rd, 202 You have to visit Brussels if you visit Belgium. At least it is the most touristy thing to do. So after Lasne, I headed back up north and drove to Brussels. There are restrictions on driving diesel cars in Brussels, so I had to be careful not… Read More »Belgium – A day in Brussels
October 22nd, 2022 When I was in Amsterdam and received many messages from friends to meet them, I started looking through my contacts and remembered that Vasy, my old colleague, lives in Brussels. I reached out to him and it turned out that he lives in the suburbs of Brussels,… Read More »Blegium – Lasne
October 21st, 2022 It is time to visit Eindhoven and stay with another high school friend, Mehdi, and his wife, Farimah. I directly drove from the Hague to Eindhoven and parked the car in front of their apartment. It was very close to the city center. I just headed out… Read More »Netherlands – Eindhoven
October 20th, 2022 After driving Mel to the airport, I headed to the Hague. I was excited to go there and meet my friend Majid. The last time we met was back in 2013 just before he moved to Germany. We were childhood friends and had family connections too. Especially… Read More »Netherlands – The Hague
October 16th – 20st, 2022 How Mel and I ended up in Amsterdam is a funny story. Mel came to Helsinki from Milan on a one-way ticket and had a flight from Milan back to Australia on the 20th. She needed to find a way to go to Milan to… Read More »Netherlands – Amsterdam
October 13th 2022 We took the ferry from Helsinborg to Helsingør which lasts only about 20 minutes. It’s a nice and easy ride. They have a duty free shop in the ferry where you can buy alcohol only when you are away from the Swedish waters which gives you only… Read More »Denmark
Stockholm October 8th – 9th 2022 After an epic ferry ride, we arrive in Stockholm and start driving straight to Mihai’s apartment. Fortunately, there was not that much traffic on Saturday morning, so we get there in less than half an hour and were welcomed to their beautiful apartment. After… Read More »Sweden
October 7th 2022 The beginning of the journey was very stressful. I was going through an emotional rollercoaster. So many things were happening at the same time while I was making a big decision: to leave everything behind and step into the unknown. It was definitely exciting whilst being scary.… Read More »The journey begins