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BERLIN by way of KREUZBERG and PEKING DUCK

It’s the scruffiness that turns you off. It’s the realness that turns you on. ‘Berlin ist arm, aber sexy’ as the saying goes, which...

HOMETOWN MEMORIES

If there is a place that has a certain hold on everyone, it's called hometown. Whether we love it or loathe it, and no...

HAMBURG’s Very Own Cosmopolitan Cool

Hamburg is a city of contrast. An old soul with a new spirit, open yet reserved, and there's more to it than meets the...

In SPAIN, Let Your FEELINGS Do The TALKING

Heading to Spain soon? The chances of coming across some common local expressions are inevitable as soaking oneself in the glorious Spanish sunshine.  The Spanish...

A Visual Guide To Learning French

Complain like the French, but first learn some phrases.  The French are creatures obsessed with their food.So much so that they invoke them comme d’hatibute...

THE ALPINE CURE

While the temptation of regenerative treatments flow abundantly in the Austrian Alps, visitors look the other way and seek out a new kind of...

MY VIENNESE RITUAL

In travel, there is foreignness and familiarity. It's like flipping a coin, you get one or the other. The most fascinating part? The sense...

ME Talk Pretty “SPANISH” One Day

If old dogs can learn new tricks, what are the chances of an aging Asian auntie learning to speak a foreign language?  By the time...

At HOME in VIENNA

Vienna was Freud's perfect place for his theories on the human psyche. Austria's pulsating capital can also be every traveler's waking dream and art...

I FOUND ESPAÑA

Throw a cat in the air, it will always land on its feet. But what happens when a cat lands on water? I’m that...

MALATE – Embracing Manila’s Soul

Love it or loathe it, Malate is a kind of place that lives up to its legendary reputation and the best way to know...

TRAVELING ABROAD? DO THIS!

Travel Hack 101 - know a city and make it fall in love with you.   How to know a city? Let me count the ways. There...

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Men at work
In Malaysia, the country’s cultural diversity and soul is best expressed through its love for food and the makan.  The city train heading to the town center whizzes by fast after halting for a few seconds at Kuala Lumpur Sentral Station. One can still hear its engine, like an ominous...
A gecko on the wall
In Koh Samui, a simple retreat becomes an endearing masterclass in fortitude and grit.  The sight of a solid, 20-inch bluish-green body adorned with protruding red spots greeted us. In perfect stillness, I saw him glued to the wall like an exquisite adornment. His physical demeanor told me to stay...

“Dear #world, bring me luck and let's have an adventure!”

A quixotic nomadic chick & writer by accident with some difficulty of having her subject agree to her verb.

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