Paris the second time

Another day in Paris. We went there the first time on 2015 (our post here and here) for only 3 nights so not much to see that time since practically we had bad jet lag on the first day, and by third day we were scheduled an early train to Lucerne. So, this time we…

Strasbourg, the Christmas town

On 2016 we visit a small town in Alsace region called Colmar (see the post here), at that time we thought 3 days 2 night was enough to explore both Colmar and Strasbourg since both town is accessible only half an hour away by train. No it was not enough. We spent the entire 3…

Christmas Markets in Dusseldorf

We arrived in Dusseldorf on 11th December 2017, we stayed at Holiday Inn Express and came there by S-bahn which stopped only 5 minutes walk from the hotel. The hotel itself located within the main road that is connected to the city center, Schadowstraße. As we arrived very early in the morning around 7AM, the…

Europe Christmas Trip 2017

This year we’re planning to have our first Christmas in Europe, with our family (6 of us). We got a good promo flight ticket to Dusseldorf, and heading back from Paris. However, due to our other family had their flight back home from Dusseldorf and we were following their route, our route was not that…

1 day in Neuschwanstein Castle, where fairy tale comes true

We ended our Europe journey on last winter at Munich, the city of good beers. We had one day trip to Neuschwanstein Castle, a trip to a sleeping beauty fairy tale. How to get there? Quoted from its official website, “Take the train (www.bahn.com) to Füssen, then the bus to Neuschwanstein (stop “Hohenschwangau Neuschwanstein Castles, Schwangau”).” The…

Things we’ve done in Colmar, France

Went there on last winter 2016. Saw many references in Pinterest that says how beautiful this city is. Off we went to Colmar straight from Interlaken, The train ride was 3 hours long, cost about EUR83 per person. 1. Train station The train station is bit small, we’ve noticed that there were many polices around…

Bern, the city of water fountain, Switzerland 2016

It was such a rainy and cloudy day when we arrived at Bern. It is a city of trams, beautiful old and identical buildings with basements and city of water fountains. It has an unique vibe mysterious which others don’t have. It was said to have over 100 water fountains across the town, with different…

Wengen, the foot of Jungfrau, Switzerland 2016

Wengen is located 400m above the Lauterbrunnen Valley. It is a car-free holiday resort which usually become a destination for snow sports such as skiing. We went there straight from Lauterbrunnen, took the train for about 15-20 minutes. Our photos didn’t capture the real beauty of the Valley. Wengen has been one of the destination…

At footstep of Heidi at Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland, Feb 2016

“Saying good night to the mountains, the sun throws his most beautiful rays to them, that they may not forget him till the morning.” – Johanna Spyri, Heidi The other side of Switzerland with green grass and wooden houses up in the hill, just the one on Heidi’s movie back when I used to watch…

Strolling down at a city called Thun, Switzerland, 2016

Our day 3 in Switzerland trip. It was such a clear day. No rain and no snow like days before. We decided to visit nearest town from Interlaken, to Thun with its famous castle and lake. Already prepared the walking itinerary that I copied from one of the post in TripAdvisor site, turned out it was kind…