Rome, Italy
Go to Rome anytime but summer. We knew that there was a heatwave across Europe around that time but didn't realized it was that hot. We were able to visit…
Granville, France
Granville is a coastal town in the region of Normandy, northwestern France. We went there for the post-birthday weekend trip of Iris. We've also met up with friends and took…
Basel, Switzerland
The last city we went to for our side trips was Basel, Switzerland. It is just few minutes away from Colmar via train. I've been to Switzerland a couple of…
Colmar, France
If Iris hadn't told me that the village in Beauty and The Beast was (most likely) inspired from Colmar, I wouldn't have any idea where Colmar is. The resemblance between…
Strasbourg, France
Once again, we went to Strasbourg. The first time we were here was on Christmas day in 2018. The city is known as Christmas Capital and anyone who has a…
Lyon, France
Lyon, a 2 hour away via train, located southeast of Paris, is a city I've known from travel videos. It is known as food capital of France and so we…
Abu Dhabi, AUE
We stayed in Abu Dhabi the whole time during our vacation. Aside from the Expo and the Liwa camping, we managed to visit some sites in Abu Dhabi. We went…
Liwa, UAE
After Christmas, Bruce and Ate Mae organized a three days, two nights camping in the desert. They had done it multiple times but it was our first time. I did…
Dubai Expo 2020, UAE
Few months prior to our vacation in UAE, we were discussing either we stay in Europe or fly out to UAE. Since the restrictions were eased out, we decided to…
Perpignan, France
We went down south for a weekend on Hannah's birthday. Perpignan, a small French city near the Mediterranean coast and the border with Spain, is more or less 6 hours…
Lake Geneva, Switzerland
Our annual company team gathering was postponed this year. The winter Verbier escapade was moved to summer in Lausanne. We were there for a couple of days together with Iris.…
Nice, France
We stayed in Nice during our vacation for strategic reasons. It has convenient connections to the cities along the Mediterranean coast. On top of that, it has a long stretch…