I have been waiting for the effect of the four weed gummies I took a few hours ago. So far, I am not feeling anything — well, anything fun. I only feel tired and have body aches. I am dreading the 24-hour journey tomorrow to the Down Under*. — Today we went to Albert…
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Miaw fell somewhere in the Amsterdam metro, and a kind Asian lady picked him up and returned him to him. I think I have never been to the Rijks Museum The Netherlands country towns are filled with old English cottages. Did I travel to Berlin by flight a decade ago?…
Keep ReadingGuten Morgen or something like that from the INNSiDE Amsterdam hotel! It’ll be our last night in Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, in Europe. We arrived in Amsterdam from Helsinki yesterday. While waiting for our very delayed luggage at Amsterdam Airport, I made a basic B social observation: Amsterdam Airport is loud—noise pollution is at…
Keep ReadingWe wandered with no agenda in De Pijp, soaking in the quirky vibe. I also started noticing the Indonesian restaurants in the neighbourhood.…
Keep ReadingI wonder, which one is dumber? Buying € 20 beluga caviar in Helsinki that was gone in two bites and didn’t taste life-changingly good. Or buying €20 a box of mushroom gummies in Amsterdam, eating all of it in an evening and feeling no effect of it at all. Follow me on Instagram @KultureKween…
Keep ReadingMaybe I don’t fully understand the concept of quiet luxury. Still, arriving in Helsinki and drinking unlimited, refreshing tap water instead of paying €3 for bottled water in Santorini feels like a Quiet Luxury moment. Oh, also, hello from Helsinki or, as Google Translator says: Terveisiä Helsingistä. Follow me on Instagram @KultureKween for more recent…
Keep ReadingI feel more at home in Budapest than I did in Berlin, Krakow, or Prague, but I’m still uncertain if I’ll come back—and that’s okay, I guess.…
Keep ReadingIn Vienna, we stayed in an Airbnb, and we bought a single flower for my cousin’s birthday—or at least, I think it was her birthday.…
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Beer! Hello from Prague – the land of bottomless Pilsner and delicious Czech pastries. We are here til tomorrow 🙂 Follow me on Instagram @KultureKween for more recent updates.…
Keep ReadingI am in Poland without any Zloty in hand. This is the first country I’ve travelled to without carrying its currency, and it feels a bit… well, daunting. But, that might just be my millennial brain talking. So far, I’ve added visiting Poland in winter to my to-do list and learned that a cross…
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