How much does it cost to travel Latvia?
I went to Latvia in the last summer and like in any other trip I’ve logged all my expenses. So here’s a one week sample trip: General: Lunch/dinner 3.00 – 7.00€ Water 70 –...
Author: Alise
How You’re Vulnerable To Identity Theft When Travelling
Today’s post is a bit technical. I got inspirited by another blogger to write about identity theft. That’s a serious threat while travelling. The Internet is very convenient, even on vacation people don’t take...
Border control on French-German border
After the tragic terror attacks in Paris France temporarily re-introduced border controls. As I travel to France quite frequently to go shopping because my parents life quite close I experienced the first “real” border...
Oh Alise, where have you been?
Here is the highly requested “Visited Map”, which is a map showing all my traveled countries until October 2015. A more up to date version can be found in the footer. All in all...
A bit of Warsaw
On our way back from Latvia to Germany we briefly stopped in Warsaw. The total route is about 1700 kilometres, so having a bed for the night felt quite well. Besides sleeping in a...
Turaida Museum Reservoir
The Turaida Museum Reservoir is about an hour by car or train from Riga. Besides a castle there are gardens and a cave to explore. I just found out that I don’t really blog...
Walking around in the Old Town of Rīga
Today’s post is about a walking tour in the Old Town of the Latvian capital Rīga. Everything is easily accessible on foot so no transportation has to be planned. I almost would that’s not...
Rundāles pils – The Baltic Versailles
This part of the “Baltic states special” brings us to the south of Latvia. After a car ride of 21 hours and a bit of relaxation we stayed in Latvia’s South for the rest...
[Myanmar Special] Day 2 in Yangon: The National Museum
The walking tour on my first day in Yangon covered more as expected so I had some additional free-time to explore the city. I already had booked a transfer to the highway bus terminal...
[Myanmar Special] Day 1 in Yangon
Because of my hostel’s central location, I started my first “real” day in Myanmar by a walking tour through Yangon. Old houses from the colonial time It’s hard to overlook Yangon’s many houses from...
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