20 May 2018, Sunday For once, we started the day with a proper breakfast. This was our first hotel stay for the trip (as opposed to Airbnb apartments for the past 19 days), and it felt really good to be pampered with a buffet spread and freshly ground coffee for our first meal of the […]
Month: October 2019
Austria | Europe | The Grand Adventure 2018
The Grand Adventure: Day 19 – Austria (Vienna / Salzburg)
19 May 2018, Saturday After two days in Vienna, it was time to head west to Salzburg, the fourth largest city of Austria. Salzburg was one of the places I was really excited about, because like many others, I grew up watching the classic 1965 film The Sound of Music, and the songs from the […]
18 May 2018, Friday The main agenda for today is a visit to Schönbrunn Palace, aka Schloss Schönbrunn (click here). It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and it is Vienna’s most-visited tourist attraction. Schönbrunn Palace was the summer residence for the Habsburg rulers and it dates back to the year 1569. The palace building […]
England | Europe | Wimbledon 2019
Wimbledon 2019: Day 7 & 8 – London / Munich / Hong Kong / Singapore
Day 7 – 8 July 2019, Monday It’s the day of our departure but we managed to squeeze in one last activity before our afternoon flight home today. For the morning, we booked a 10am guided tour of the Royal Albert Hall (RAH). I’ve always wanted to watch a performance at the RAH but never […]
Day 6 – 7 July 2019, Sunday After being blessed with five days of bright sunshine and clear skies, it was cold and cloudy today. For our last full day, we headed to East London in the morning to check out some of the weekend markets at Spitalfields. We took the Tube and alighted at […]