Australia 2017 Part V: The Big Merino, Canberra and Chelsea Beach

My last Aussie post is about all the pit stops we had while driving somewhere. For our drive back from Sydney to Melbourne, we stopped in Goulburn for some coffee at the Big Merino. The Big Merino is a 15.2 meters tall concrete merino ram. Visitors can climb to the top and look out through the Merino’s eyes … More Australia 2017 Part V: The Big Merino, Canberra and Chelsea Beach

Barcelona

Because I hadn’t been anywhere with my parents this year, my mom managed to guilt trip me into taking her, my dad and 6 of their friends for a weekend to Barcelona in September. The Nova Mar Bella beach was near our apartment so it was an obvious choice for us to go there first. … More Barcelona

Valencia & Xativa

Buying an apartment last year meant I was saving my butt off and travelling was out of order. My dear bestie, Dr. Diva turned 30 before Kel and I and she succeeded to guilt trip me into one last holiday to Valencia. Day 1: La Ciudad de las Artes or the City of Arts and … More Valencia & Xativa

A Turkish Wedding

If there were tests to see if a couple wanted to be married, well my Turkish bestie and her groom sure passed it. I had only been to half of the ceremonies and it completely drained me. They survived 6 of them last year!!! So to celebrate this newlywed couple, here’s the picture diary of … More A Turkish Wedding

Pairi Daiza

Before I start writing about all my international travels again, I had to tell you about one last place I visited in Belgium: Pairi Daiza. Formerly known as Paradisio, Pairi Daiza is a 65 hectare (160 acre) animal theme park and botanical garden located in Brugelette in the province of Hainaut. How is it different … More Pairi Daiza

Dinant

To continue tourism in my own country (see my former post “Leuven“), I visited another city in Belgium: Dinant. The Dinant Tour from the Belgian rail excursion includes 3 attractions: the Citadel, the “Dinant-Anseremme” cruise and “La Merveilleuse” caves. A little history before I write about the tour: Dinant takes pride in showing off their genius, … More Dinant