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Travel inspiration for the traveler who is always looking for the hidden gems

Sharing travel inspiration and information about the most interesting destinations in the world. If you love design boutique hotels and exploring the local food culture as much as I do, then you’ve come to the right place!

Travel inspiration for the traveler who is always looking for the hidden gems

Sharing travel inspiration and information about the most interesting destinations in the world. If you love design boutique hotels and exploring the local food culture as much as I do, then you’ve come to the right place!

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12 Useful Taiwan travel tips for first-time visitors

12 Useful Taiwan travel tips for first-time visitors

Taiwan is an amazing country to visit. It is quite modern, so you don’t have to worry much about getting from A to B or finding places to sleep. However, for many of us it’s a country on the other side of the world with from time to time its own ‘instructions’. Are...

12 Useful Taiwan travel tips for first-time visitors

Taiwan is an amazing country to visit. It is quite modern, so you don’t have to worry much about getting from A to B or finding places to sleep. However, for many of us it’s a country on the other side of the world with from time to time its own ‘instructions’. Are you about to travel to Taiwan, or are you thinking about planning a trip to Taiwan? Then this post with useful Taiwan travel tips will certainly help. Best time to travel to Taiwan  The climate and temperatures in Taiwan can...

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Shooting Friends and Fashion in Shoreditch

Shooting Friends and Fashion in Shoreditch

Whenever I take photos of people I usually do it without them noticing. Random people on the street are one of my favorite ‘things’ to shoot. But sometimes it’s good to step outside your comfort zone. So a fashion shoot in Shoreditch with my friend Chiara? Comfort zone…Big step…Sure, why not?!

Paris is always a good idea

Paris is always a good idea

A little warning for friends and family of bloggers. Don’t spend too much time reading their blogs and listening to their stories about blogging ‘adventures’ (drinking afternoon tea can be an adventure too right?), or you might run the risk of turning into one of them. I’ve seen it happening, and let me tell you… it ain’t pretty. I’m kidding of course. But it turned out that I wasn’t the only one in Paris focussing on taking nice pictures and finding foodie places to write about. My friend Sandra (who took the photos of me with my ONA bag) is becoming a serious food blogger with her first stories on Holland’s most populair culinary website Culy.nl. So how do two foodies spend two days in Paris? Eating of course!

My Boutique Hotel in Paris with Hotel Tonight

My Boutique Hotel in Paris with Hotel Tonight

Staring out the window of the Eurostar, I’m thinking about the last time I was in Paris. Twenty years old, studying at Sciences Po and with a room at the Cité Universitaire. I didn’t think much about best places to eat or most trendy hotels to stay. Simply because as a student I didn’t have the budget to go out all the time (let alone pay for a meal at one of the popular restaurants) and I didn’t need a hotel. So even though there once was a time when I knew the city well, when it came to planning this trip it almost felt like I was going to Paris for the very first time.

Christmas afternoon tea #LDNbloggerstea

Christmas afternoon tea #LDNbloggerstea

Last week I heard the first Christmas song on the radio. The lights are up on Oxford Street. And everybody is sharing John Lewis’ Christmas TV ad with Monty the Penguin on social media. There’s no denying: London is getting ready for the holidays. For a group of London bloggers, Christmas started a bit earlier this year. On a warm, late summer afternoon in September at the Conrad London St James hotel where we were getting together for another #LDNBloggersTea.

Autumn Weekend in Prague

Autumn Weekend in Prague

The most challenging part of visiting Prague is pronouncing the street names. Seriously, you try saying Dvořákovo Nábřež or U Starého Hřbitova or Náprstkova with a straight face. Fortunately, Prague is not a big city and it’s quite easy to find your way. So no need to embarrass yourself in front of locals when asking for directions.

Eating my way around Prague

Eating my way around Prague

There are places that have such an excellent foodie reputation, that you would visit them just to go crazy on the food. I love exploring the typical local cuisine when I travel, but when I was planning my trip to Prague I had no idea what to expect. I heard many great stories about the city, but not often did these stories say anything about the food. So I was about to visit a country that I’d never been to before and where I had no idea what to eat. Challenging… Unless you plan a food tour on your first day. And let a food loving local not only show you the culinary treasures of Prague, but also some beautiful hidden gems along the way.

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