Category: Travel
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Travel-diary: Mirabellgarten of Salzburg, Austria
Gorgeous flowers in a heart of a beautiful city. Couldn’t help falling in love with the immaculate garden, the Papagena fountain and greenhouse Orangerie The very garden where Sound of Music was filmed Gates to the horticultural masterpiece Mirabell Palace, which houses the offices of Salzburg’s mayor and the municipal council The palace where flowers…
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Travel-diary: Shooting at Top Gun, Houston
With the M4V7 rifle, loving every round of firing for the first time The range really has all possible equipment for a real great firing experience Am so gonna go back and try the machine guns!! Top Gun 5901 Beverlyhill St, Houston, TX
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Travel-diary: Red Square, Moscow
Hello from Moscow! It’s been raining a lot when we arrived, unfortunately we chose a damp, drizzly and cold summer day to go to Red Square at the heart of the city. BUT it was pretty much worth it. 80% of the architecture here have that Turkish/Middle Eastern influence, or perhaps it is the other…
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Travel-diary: The Cheesecake Factory
Am sooo feeling Big Bang Theory *knock knock* Penny Disclaimer: do not scroll on cuz you’re about to get hungry The list of cheesecakes goes on and on… My amazing hot chocolate to dispel the cold (although it’s scorching hot outside)Miso Salmon…the portion was so big we had to share Nachos and signature pasta Red…
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Food Heaven: Brisbane
My favorite minced beef pie from Pie Face! Continental Breakfast with the crew Grocery loot to go with with my book and Aussie channels. Nibble fest.
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Travel-diary: Biergarten Hofbrauhaus
Fun fact: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart lived around the block from the Hofbrauhaus in the late eighteenth century. Mozart revealed in a poem to have written the opera Idomeneo after several visits to the beer hall. The place for beer lovers For the love of meat And the famous German pork knuckles Digging in! Basically a…
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Travel-diary: Nagoya Matsuzakaya
Heaven on Earth. 株式会社松坂屋 Kabushiki-gaisha Matsuzakaya 3-16-1 Sakae, Naka-ku, Nagoya 460-8430
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Travel-diary: Nagoya Unagi Rice ひつまぶし (Japan)
Finally tasted the most famous Hitsumabushi (Unagi Rice) in Nagoya! The 4300YEN platter that we ordered for 2 came with these set of instructions, a four-step guide to eating the reknowned Japanese dish. I must say, this is the best eel-rice I have ever tasted!! I loooove unagi rice! So following the etiquette guide, the…
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Travel-diary: Dachau Concentration Camp, Munich
Exceedingly bright and cloudless summer day spent at Dachau, Germany’s longest running Jewish concentration camp Here we are at the gate, where 60,000 Jews entered but never left. (admittedly, we look a tad too happy for the solemnity, but it’s a tourist thing) To be honest it could be a lovely walk in the park…
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Travel-diary: Istanbul
Titanic Hotel, Port Bakirkoy Almost entered the elevator in my fluffy bathroom slippers. Thankfully my room’s close enough to run back to from the level lobby. Chocolates for brunch, with Krispy Kreme donuts and Coffee Frappucino at the universal symbol for coffee. Catching up on some reading while the day’s still young. Capacity shopping mall…
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Travel-diary: Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio
Built circa 1080 Milan, Northern Italy The walls of the Basilica The confession chamber. Speak the truth, even if your voice quivers. There’s something about churches that illuminate the unspeakable calm One does not need to be of a certain religion to appreciate the beautiful monotony of rites The Basilica also houses the tomb of…
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Travel-diary: Milano (II)
A 6-hour journey on foot in Milan as a solo explorer armed with just my camera and a cup of Caffe Shakerato Sights and sounds of a bustling Italian city. Beautiful.
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Travel-diary: Munich II
Got a thing for jumpsuits Camwhoring in the dressing-room “…the reason sofas were built right outside, so the guys can wait for the ladies…” — Guy 😉 Omg this totally reminded me of Krispy!!! Baddest.
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Travel-diary: Munich I
A little sneakpeek of the loot. For mummy and I, For the friends, family and self-consumption Loads of chocolates, organic jam for daddy, Ovomaltine chunky spreads for midnight gluttony I love grocery/drystores shopping in Europe Teehee
Viktoria Jean 