Quite a busy week before starting my Spanish class Day 1 Woke up leisurely without much planed. Unlike in America, the concept of a brunch doesn’t seem to exist in Colombia such that between 10am – 12pm becomes a food vacuum where restaurants stop serving breakfast and the lunch kitchen doesn’t start until later. Later,… Continue reading Sabbatical Week 32
Sabbatical Week 31
Day 1 Had one last happy hours with a friend of mine and started my south bound journey. First leg was 4hrs, but due to timezone change by the time I landed in ATL it’s already sunrise already. Needless to say I was extremely tired due to lack of sleep on the plane (I just… Continue reading Sabbatical Week 31
Goodbye summer & hello winter
Haven’t posted for a while due to my extended summer “break”. I put quotes since it was merely my half-ass attempt to find employment that ultimately led to gaining nothing in return. I tried to convince myself I didn’t just waste all the past 4-month doing nothing, I couldn’t. I had a few plans ranging… Continue reading Goodbye summer & hello winter
Sabbatical Summary
Finance Total Spent: Days Food&Drink Lodging Transportation Other (tickets etc) Total 215 $4,941.17 $4,512 $2,702.85 $3,518.29 $15,674.18 For an average: $72.90 a day – As you can see my priority is definitely Food&Drink Sort by country: Country AVERAGE of Food&Drink AVERAGE of Lodging AVERAGE of Transportation AVERAGE of Other (tickets etc) AVERAGE of Day Total… Continue reading Sabbatical Summary
Sabbatical Week 30
Partial week to end this wonderful journey. Day 1 Lazy start of the day to have one last Polish Pork Knuckle Took a long walk along the river bank to the beer festival in town. Quick dinner at a Vietnamese place Day 2 Back to the Train station again to take the fast train to… Continue reading Sabbatical Week 30
Sabbatical Week 29
Bittersweet, this was my last full week of travel before heading back home. It’s probably a good time for me to enjoy American summer without thinking about work. Day 1 Travel day to Slovakia. I feel bad for only spending a day in the country. It’s just all hotels were completely booked past Sunday and… Continue reading Sabbatical Week 29
Sabbatical Week 28
Finally made it to the proper Europe this week, but also felt a bit tired. Perhaps, it’s finally summer now and it’s time to go home. This was perhaps the first week I actually looked into how to get back home. Day 1 Last day in Belgrade, first was to get some food from a… Continue reading Sabbatical Week 28
Sabbatical Week 27
Fishing up Bulgaria and headed to Serbia (another country that shared some of the complex history and the best known for as the center of the Yugoslavia) Day 1 Started my day early from Plovdiv to visit this ancient fortress out of town called Асенова крепост The ticket was only 4BGN with 1BGN for the… Continue reading Sabbatical Week 27
Sabbatical Week 26
Bulgaria! What a little country that fills with history, and it fell onto the wrong side of the history (namely supporting Nazi Germany and Being part of the USSR) and yet it’s now a thriving country in the European Union and is on track to join Schengen and Euro zone. It’s fascinating to see the… Continue reading Sabbatical Week 26
Sabbatical Week 25
Day 1 Woke up early (4:30) to do the all infamous ballon ride (220euros) Time have flown quite fast for 45min and we landed safely on a truck bed With a brief rest at the house to get my coffee and breakfast, we started our last journey in Cappadocia which was to hike up to… Continue reading Sabbatical Week 25