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Thailand in 2 weeks: our route
Last fall it was finally time. After years of dreaming I stepped on board of a plane to Asia. My destination: Thailand. I was so curious to find out if this country could measure up to my high expectations. I…
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One day in Antwerp: what to see?
It’s saturday evening. It’s a sultry summer evening and I’m outside enjoying some wine in one of mine soft lawn chairs. Here’s to the summer, that it may be a long one. This feels rights, this feels nice. I’m relaxed…
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Moscow: 4 highlights you must see
Moscow, a true Russian capital. The city where you can feel and see the Russian history. The center of power of the former grand princes, the tsars and the soviet leaders, but also the political center of the current president…
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Kotor: my tips for the most beautiful bay of Montenegro
After a short weekend in Dubrovnik, we took the bus to Montenegro. Our destination: Kotor, the last destination during a trip of 17 days through the Balkans. I have great memories of our stay in Kotor. I think of the dramatic fjord landscape, the Italian ice-cream and swimming in the bay. Kotor is perfect, even though in the summer months you have to deal with…
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Visiting Dubrovnik in summer: how to avoid the crowds
After traveling through Bosnia and Herzegovina my next stop was a short visit to the Croatian city of Dubrovnik. A city I look back on with mixed feelings. On the one hand, Dubrovnik is unbelievably beautiful. The coastal city is also known as the ‘Pearl of the Adriatic’. On the other hand, I also felt constantly annoyed in Dubrovnik. Annoyed by…
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Bosnia and Herzegovina: 10 tips on what to do in and around Mostar
Yes, hi, I am blogging again! As you might have noticed, it has been a bit quiet on my blog. The past few weeks I traveled a lot. First for work to the Balkans and immediately after that my big trip started in Miami and Colombia. It was actually my first time in the United States and South America and I really…
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Mostar: street art along the front line
During my trip in Bosnia Herzegovina I really felt that Mostar was the most interesting city of my trip. In this city you can still clearly see the scars of war. Unlike Sarajevo, the renovations have not started yet. More than 20 years after the war and you still see many ruins in the streets…
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Looking back on travel year 2017
Travel year 2017 in a few keywords: new discoveries, a couple of big trips and lots of Dutch street art. I added five new destinations to my list (India, Sri Lanka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Montenegro), but I also revisited some destinations (Russia and Cologne). In retrospect it strikes me that my travels were concentrated within two periods. From January…
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Bosnia & Herzegovina: scars of Sarajevo
Sarajevo is not only known for its multicultural character, the city is often referred to as the city of the war. This refers to the Bosnian war, part of the series of Yugoslav wars after the collapse of the People’s Republic of Yugoslavia. How did this war start? In 1992, the Bosnian government organized an independence referendum. The Bosnian Muslims and the Bosnian…
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Multicultural Sarajevo: my tips for this fascinating city
After one day in Tuzla, my boyfriend and I took the bus to the capital of Bosnia Herzegovina: Sarajevo. A city of which I had a rather gloomy image in advance. The wars of the nineties certainly had to do with this. A tragic episode that I wanted to learn more about, but I was not sure if Sarajevo…