I’m back! Coincidentally, today happens to be exactly 2 months since I landed back in NZ. The ideas for this post sitting have been sitting in my notes app for so long, but it hasn’t felt like the right time to compile them into a coherent post until now. If you’d rather not read what … More ANDDD its been 2 months already – a look back at my backpacking trip 🥹✈️
This is officially my last city blog post, and it’s been written from my bedroom at home – also 3 weeks late, but better late then never right?! It’s crazy how fast 4 those months flew by but more on that in another post (once I get around to it). New York City is one … More Welcome to New Yorkkk 🎶🗽🍎
In the last couple of weeks of my travel I ended up passing back through London a few times for a night/day here or there. This resulted in many Christmas market visits, a fantastic night out, a trip to Harry Potter Studios, and a visit to a movie theatre with the UK’s biggest screen. If … More London… again! 🎄🍿
Im not gonna lie, I had pretty high expectations for Dublin, I was really looking forward to this part of my trip. And it still exceeded my expectations! The vibes and culture were immaculate despite the typical Irish weather. I spent a lot of my time just walking the streets and enjoying the buskers and … More Dublin 🇮🇪🍀
After skipping this post to draft up my next few, I’m finally facing my less than exciting thoughts about Paris. For no particular reason, I didn’t fall in love with Paris as so many people do. I don’t think it helped that the weather was pretty crap the whole time I was here, cold and … More Paris – the city of love & rats 🇫🇷❤️🐀
Amsterdam – this blog post is my love letter to you! Even with the most treacherous journey to get here, and the crappiest weather, this city instantly became my favourite. It surpassed Budapest which at this point I didn’t think was possible. The Netherlands is the first European country that I wholeheartedly could see myself … More My love letter to Amsterdam 🫶💌
Besides Munich, which was a bit of a wild whirlwind for Oktoberfest, my only other German stop was Berlin. I stopped by here for two reasons, a) it was a convenient stop in the direct I was headed and b) I was interested in the history of the city. Once again though, due to the … More Berlin 🍂🇩🇪
For the third time, I found myself back in Austria. This time in Vienna. I only had two days to spend here, with no real plans so this gave me a lot of freedom. I spent my time wandering. Christmas decorations were going up in the city streets, and the weather was certainly turning wintery. … More Austria again… this time Vienna 🇦🇹
Slovenia! This was a country I went kind of out of my way to visit. I wanted to experience the Slovenian outdoors firsthand, as the rivers, mountains and lakes looked stunning. I started off my trip here with a day in the capital city, Ljubljana (pronounced loo-bee-aa-nuh). Unfortunately, I timed my one day here with … More An encounter with Slovenian bed bugs 🪲😭
Budapest quickly became one of my favourite European cities! After a lot of debate over whether I would actually visit, I’m so glad I did. I enjoyed my stay here for various reasons, the city was beautiful, I absolutely loved the vibe, and the nightlife was great. If I’d had the time, I would have … More WOW!! Budapest 🥂✨
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