Finally I was able to do what a tourist came to Rome to do! Colosseum was my mission 4 years ago. I thought if I had one day in Rome and cannot go to the Vatican (which is technically not Italy, I know), I want to at least see the Colosseum but I wasn't able to since...
Rome is the first city in Europe that I’ve returned to. The reason being I didn’t see what tourists typically come to see the first time around. It was a bit of a déjà vu coming out of a train in Roma Termini; (1.) the huge TERMINI sign at both ends of the station and...
Alyn met me at the Verona train station at 9p.m. We’re meeting for the first time but I had no problem spotting her because she looks exactly like her sister, my friend, Ruby. She told me that her sister is on European Erasmus program and that I can visit or travel...
Venice is really one of the most unique places in the world. It’s built on 117 small islands connected by 409 bridges. Instead of having cars, people have boats. Water taxi and water metro in place of our land version. But the main mode of transport in exploring the city will be your feet.
The Train Incident They knocked on our cabin and identified themselves as Hungarian Passport Security and asked for our passports. We're about to enter non-EU country Croatia. I only found out that this train route passes through Croatia from the 3 other passengers...
It's funny for me to hear someone tell me that my trip is organized. Josh even went overboard saying I did tremendous pre-trip planning. Because the truth is, my trip is anything BUT organized. If you only knew that Raz had to drive me to a bookstore in Tel-Aviv so we...
Today is the 100th day since I almost got a heart attack at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport when they tried to verify my return ticket. 100 days is so far the longest time I've been away from home. For those who just tuned in, I'm at the moment on my own epic...
Visiting markets is one of my favorite thing to do in a city. And not because I'm a shopaholic. No,no, because I've already resolved that if I'm traveling for a year, I intend to keep my luggage lightweight. It's already a mystery why my bag increased its kilo without...
