A night on a train can be relaxing but also stressful, depending on exactly where you sleep. I’ve put together a few tips and tricks based on my experience on countless overnight trains. 1)...
I had already been on the road for an entire week, but it somehow didn’t feel like traveling. First, I had traveled through Germany visiting friends. Then, I explored Moscow -the Russian capital- with...
A Backpacker's Tale / Germany / Russia
by Alise · Published November 22, 2021 · Last modified November 29, 2021
About ten years ago, the first destination of my world trip was Bonn – from 1949 to 1990 Bonn was the capital of West Germany. Before leaving my home country for nine months, I...
A Backpacker's Tale / World Trip
by Alise · Published November 20, 2021 · Last modified November 24, 2021
Ten years ago, I made an important and life-changing decision: I’ll travel the world – alone. I made this decision because of a deep desire to escape daily routines and expectations. This deep desire...
Sometimes in life, you have to live the lowest of lows. It seems as if you cannot fall any further. In this post, I write about such a low point in my life that...
In my last post, I wrote about my personal struggle with blogging, identity, and expectations of others. On my way back from Germany to the UK two days ago, I spent some time thinking...
A Backpacker's Tale / Travel Thoughts
by Alise · Published November 9, 2021 · Last modified November 26, 2021
If you look at the last post before this one, you will see that it has been over a year ago. It was supposed to be the start of a series of posts about...
In this article of my series “Japan to Germany” I tell you about a day full of ice and snow, delicious pancakes, and timetable confusion. After a night in the airport hostel in Vladivostok,...
In this article, I will tell about the first stage of my journey from Tokyo in Japan to Kaiserslautern in Germany. This stage is the only part I did by plane because of a...
My time in Japan is drawing to a close and in about 3.5 weeks I’ll start my return trip. Eight years ago I traveled with the Transsib, lots of other trains, buses and even...
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