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Cologne and a few tips!

April 8, 2018 by runalittlestories

This might be the most boring story i ever written here. You know that all things in life has two sides, right? Not all my travel was fun. In here, i was a bit sick and most of things i did was actually sleeping and resting. The touristy things i did was visiting the Cologne Cathedral, Christmas Market in front of it, sitting in Starbucks Hauptbahnhof, and visiting stores nearby that area. Boring? Yeah, but it was necessary. So, instead […]

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Prague

March 18, 2018 by runalittlestories

Prague, another place that were not on my initial list, but somehow just appeared because of the suggestion of a friend. A good one indeed. I arrived in Prague after 7 hours bus ride from Vienna. Passing through the beautiful landscape, cities, and villages. There were a few things i could observe around, like how different Western and Eastern Europe, especially in if i compare the condition of their villages. I passed one village which had a lot of brothels. […]

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Vienna

December 31, 2017 by runalittlestories

It´s always hard to write again after such a dormant phase like i do. The reason or excuse of such a dormant was, i moved to Germany last October. Things were a bit crazy and i need some time to adapt to a new place with a new rhythm of life: full-time student life. I will write in seperate post on how the phasing in went. This time, i want to focus on the main title of the post today, […]

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Rome

November 8, 2017 by runalittlestories

Have you heard of “What a small world!” phrase? I feel that you have. This is the perfect phrase for my time in Rome. Let the story begins. I arrived in Roma Termini Train Station from Florence around afternoon and planed to leave on the next day. I went to Rome several years ago and visited its various famous landmarks, including a day trip to Vatican City. Today, I didn’t feel the need to explore more. And for the practicality […]

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Florence and personal pause

June 18, 2017 by runalittlestories

Florence was a beautiful city with its mesmerising architecture and vibe. I remembered walk down from Florence Central Station to the Cathedral and found a giant advertising board of renowned smartphone brand that said : More than just a smartphone. In my mind, yes, its more than just a phone, it could explode too. (Try to remember which brand had battery issues in late 2016 and you know what i meant) The weather was not great, but not so bad […]

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Cinque Terre

May 14, 2017 by runalittlestories

The next stop was La Spezia, my camp for Cinque Terre visit in next three days. A bit about Cinque Terre and why i decided to do a bit detour to the left side of the map from Bologna. Cinque Terre is literally translated as Five Lands. Its five villages on the coast of Italian Riviera: Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore. All of this area is part of the Cinque Terre National Park and also a UNESCO Heritage Site. […]

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Bologna

April 23, 2017 by runalittlestories

Bologna was another hop on hop off city for me. Like Milan, i only spent one night here. Another one strange night. Not like Milan, I had a tour guide here, Fulvio. He was my colleague back in Melbourne. He was also my Italian-practice buddy. We usually greeted each other with this: Him : Buon Giorno, Maria (Good Morning, Maria) Me : Buon Giorno. Come sta? (Good Morning, how are you?) Him : Bene, e tu? (Good, and you?) Me […]

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Venice

April 16, 2017 by runalittlestories

For every loss, there is hidden gain. And for every gain, there is hidden loss. A quote from Hazrat Inayat Khan is the perfect way to describe my solo trip in Venice last autumn. Unexpected gain behind a hidden loss that i couldn’t not foresee beforehand. Venice has many names. La Serenissima. City of Water. La Dominante. City of Canals. But, my favourite one is ‘The Floating City’. The fact that this city is built on top of water amazed […]

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Verona

April 9, 2017 by runalittlestories

Here is a secret for you; Verona is geographically a city of love. No, its not from “Romeo and Juliet” or “Shakespeare”. It is from its city map. Look into my featured image; i left big mark there. I hope you see it. That was my first reaction when my Airbnb’s host explained city of Verona with me using her city map. She said, “Wow. I never thought like that.” It was almost dark when i arrived in Verona. Guided […]

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Cologne and a few tips!

Prague

Vienna

Rome

Florence and personal pause

Cinque Terre

Bologna

Venice

Verona