JUNE – JULY 2021: Tarifa, Malaga, Marbella
Lost one of my best friends in a building that collapsed. Holy shit just writing this brings tears to my eyes, then tho I’m writing this updated in March 22
Decided to take a trip with one of my other friends to change our mind – well he had aleady planned to go, I bought my plane tickets two days beforethe flight and left for the airport the following day!
Lovely little town, I’m actually headed back there in June/July 2022 with my university roommates!
It’s basically the world capital for kitesurfing, it touches both the calm med & the atlantic ocean and is in a perfect location to get some great wind all year round!
The beaches were so crowded, there were kitesurfers everywhere, it was insane! BUT a lot of fun!
It definitely wasn’t worth going to Marbella or Malaga compared to Tarifa, you only go there if you want to show off your money, Tarifa is where the cool surfer kids go 😀
JUNE 2021: South of France: Saint Maxime – Avignon – Uzes
I have a few friends down south so I decided to take a little trip to go visit them!
I’m starting to enjoy doing road trips alone, one of my friends just bought herself an apartment in Saint Maxime (next to Saint Tropez) so I went down to say congrats & spend some time together since it had been a while since we last saw each other! It was a nice escape from my routine! Seeing the sea is always a good way for me to regain a lot of energy and motivation.
Oh yeah! I nearly had a freaking car accident while driving down! Was a close call!
The metallic cover of the wheel of the car in front of me fell off on the motorway and bounced at the height of the windshield so I was forced to break quite hard! Which is always a bad idea while driving at that speed with cars behind you, but I had no other options!
Luckily no one was hurt, but it was for sure scary, one of the guys that were behind me (and admitted to be speeding) really wanted to get into a fight it was “interesting” to say the least, he was also 60 years old which made it quite funny to me, but yep… Hopefully, I’ll stay free from car accidents in the future!
Anyway, I then left Saint Maxime to go see another friend in Uzes while going through Avignon to be a good tourist!
The bridge in Avignon is really well known (mainly due to a song) , I believe there’s also a really “dirty” version of the song which talks about what happens underneath it, but that just be my messed up mind- ANYWAY, it costs bloody 5euros to go on a bridge that’s broken, literally it doesn’t even cover 1/3rd of the river.
So obviously I didn’t go on it 😀 No way I’m paying 5E to go on a bridge I’m sorry, screw culture!
But here’s a picture, see! It’s not even that gorgeous, the one where my parents live is the same style, except that one didn’t break! You can even walk freely on it! And cross the river! Amazing eh.
I then kept on going to Uzes to see another friend, which turned out to b quite a nice little town, apparently it’s absolutely dead in winter tho! It was pretty enough for me and had a bar with over three hundred beers to try so I was more than happy!
I don’t recall it having incredible coffee shops tho! Definitely, a downside of that city if you ask me!
That being said, we spent a decent chunk of the time playing video games and not exploring the city! Oops 🙂 It was great fun tho!
MARCH 2021: Geneva
I’m an UNCLE! Poor kid, he’s going to be screwed up if he decides to model me 🙂
So yep, decided to visit my sister and meet this little Teddy!
I’ll admit, I’m not great with babies, I think they’re weird 😀 You can’t do anything with them when they’re only one month old! But hey, was fun anyway! I also go to enjoy some time in the mountains & the snow, even tho I didn’t go skiing, it was rather a nice change of pace!
One thing is sure, I’m definitely not ready to have a baby! Yes, I may be leaving this here in case a girlfriend decides to stalk me 😀 Just making it clear!
I’m also writing this update one year later and quite a few trips later, so my memory isn’t really clear, but I didn’t do much, I was a good brother and took care of the house & prepared food etc etc so my sister could get a few naps in!
MARCH 2021: Napoli & Capri
To celebrate achieving the 5ers evaluation (a platform that offers funded accounts to traders with a 50/50 profit split) I decided I was “allowed” to travel and enjoy some time by the sea with a nice espresso!
Naples was lovely, however everything was impacted by COVID – all the museums / castles / Pompei were closed and restaurants and coffee shops could only do take aways.
The city is rather gorgeous with the volcano in the background, a nice “promenade” along the sea which makes for enjoyable runs and a lot of cobblestone and tight alleys, it has a lot of charm!
The highlight of Napoli was definitely the delicious pizzas tho, I have to admit, luckily I didn’t take many photos of pizzas to avoid having PTSD when looking back at them so I won’t be able to share any 🙂
Since I was in Naples I figured I might as well go to Capri!
We weren’t supposed to be changing towns due to the COVID limitations but since I had a B&B there it was fine, it was my location of residence 🙂
Needless to say, it was amazing! We crossed three tourists over three days there, was fantastic!
Even managed to go for a little swim, it was rather bloody cold if you ask me 🙂
That being said, it was definitely worth it!
JULY 2020: La Croix Valmer
I was lucky enough to be invited by one of my best mates to come spend two weeks with him down in the south which I obviously agreed to!
We went on a lot of little hikes and enjoyed life! Rather nice place to be (La Croix Valmer)
It also showed me the importance of building generational wealth, what my friends parents had built and could pass along to their children was an amazing idea
I really enjoyed my time there, definitely want to have that type of a house one day.
Feels good not to be traveling tho I’ll admit, I’ve built up good habits and routines.
MARCH – MAY 2020: NICE (France)
I went back to Nice, I enjoyed my time in the Hague, but I definitely missed the sun and warm temperatures so I headed back down south.
Spent a lot of time sitting on a bench looking at the sea, reading with a coffee after my first morning work block.
I was looking for a flat but due to the confinement (COVID) I gave up, since I couldn’t go and visit appartments.
I didn’t find an apartment and with the confinement I definitely couldn’t do much, so my time was spent working and playing video games etc. My situation would’ve been a lot different if I had found a place over there!
I love Nice, so just adding one extra photo
FEBURARY 2020: THE HAGUE (Netherlands)
Was feeling lonely in Madrid, so flew out to the Hague to help a friend move in! I had never been there before but heard great things about the Hague, so it was worth it!
Enjoyed my time there, that’s for sure, only regret is that I didn’t spend enough time with my friend. That being said, I also spent too much time indoors, I even started playing video games while I was there…
However, on the positive side of things, I got the opportunity to hit up Max Nieveld and Joost C – the founders of New Capital FX – a hedge fund and an education company. Having talked to them I decided to switch my trading style, to a more mechanical approach similar to theirs.
Having had the opportunity to spend time in Amsterdam (and going to a night club there, I don’t like electro and it was electro – everyone except me was on MDMA, and I had to wait for a train at 6am so I stayed in the nightclub until then) I will say, it’s a bit OVER TOURISTY for me, The Hague and Rotterdam were way nicer!
I was also able to go to Rotterdam while in the country, their train system is amazing, and I really enjoyed it, it feels a lot more like a business city, the Hague is more the chill city and Amsterdam is the druggy / tourist friend – well at least that’s my view of it
JANUARY 2020: MADRID (Spain)
Spent new years with friends in Madrid! It was a blast!
We had a really good time, spent a week with them before they had to head back to their respective homes / countries. We found a rooftop bar (where this picture was taken) that was amazing!
So spent an amazing week with friends, and then I stayed there till the end of January.
The only problem is that I spent the following three months, in winter, under the rain and it wasn’t that warm, so that wasn’t amazing!
That taught me the importance to leave with friends, it’s hard for a place to stand up to what you experienced with friends, it will always be less fun I guess
Would recommend spending time there, ideally in the summer time, not winter time tho!
Make sure to visit El Museo de Jamon tho 🙂 VERY IMPORTANT!
DECEMBER 2019: Chinon (France)
Went back to house sit for my parents while they were traveling, then spent Christmas with them.
It’s insane how time flies, so I’m always happy to send times with my parents while I still can
Not going to spend much time talking about Chinon since that’s where I’ve grown up so I know it a bit too well, but I haven’t really lived there in the last ten years so I don’t know too many people there anymore.
Amazing opportunity to get a lot of work and reading done 🙂
NOVEMBER 2019: NICE (France)
My favourite city in France hands down! I had never been there before hand, but damn, it’s nice! Yes, that pun was intended!
There’s loads of better photos of Nice, but since I took this one, here it is! Being in the south of France and on the Med, it makes it an ideal location! The only problem, is that there’s no direct train up to Paris.
Different neighbourhoods have different vibes, you’ve got the touristic side of things, party, chill, rich, etc etc I love it.
Only spent a few weeks there before heading back up to my parents house to housesit while they travel.
I stayed at an Airbnb, with the owners an amazing couple, so it was nice! Got to get a lot of recommendations from there.
Also managed to get a few coffee shop recommendations 🙂
OCTOBER 2019: LVIV (Ukraine)
After spending a month in London I decided it was time to cut down my expenses, having already been to Poland, Austria, Hungary and Slovakia I decided to go to Ukraine.
The cheapest plane ticket was to Lviv, I heard it was one of the nicest parts of Ukraine and that they spoke decent English so there I went!
It was quite a nice place! I had a great airbnb, nice office, nice living room, kitchen, bedroom etc in the center of the old town for around 20 euros per night, so that was rather amazing!
I enjoyed my time there, however, spending a month there was too much. I think spending up to 5 days is enough, you get to find all the different buildings, go on walks and drink their warm cherry alcohol (quite tasty when it’s cold out!).
The biggest issue I had over there was the language barrier tho, I only became friends with three people. It’s possible that it was because of me, starting to struggle to meet new individuals, it’s loads of fun, but it gets repetitive and having to say good bye all the time is rather draining!
It was a fun place to be, I’m happy I went there, but I don’t think I’d go back to spend more than ten days!
The main square was full of life in the evening tho! Could usually find a few musicians around, and if not there’s a bar with live rock and good beers – would recommend – The Pravda Beer Theatre
SEPTEMBER 2019: LONDON (UK)
I’ll admit, I’m actually updating this page in September 2020, and travels are becoming all mixed up in my mind. That’s one of the drawbacks of traveling non stop for over two years!
I ended up spending a month in London, I was looking to potentially move there, so did some apartment visits , that was the view from my Airbnb, I really enjoyed it!
I was staying in Hackney Downs, quite a chill place to be honest, would recommend if you’re not looking to party every night and don’t mind commuting
The main downside from this apartment was that I had to take a train and then a tube to get to the center of town. That being said, I didn’t need to go into town every day since I work from coffee shops 🙂
I was lucky enough to spend a lot of time with Connor Ferguson, another full time trader, and someone I really get along with, we had some amazing conversations – he was looking to move to London from Australia, so my timing was rather good!
I won’t go into too much detail about London, having been there several times I feel quite at home there – coffee shops fit my vibe, love the city, etc etc
Would definitely recommend going there, especially if it’s for a short term, longer term, be careful it may be quite expensive!
I’ll admit, I even created my own standing desk while I was there, probably spent more time on the balcony than inside the flat 🙂
AUGUST 2019: BEIRUT (Lebanon)
It was amazing! Okay, I may be biased, I was staying with one of my best friends for the first ten days before moving out to an Airbnb to be a little more productive… But yep, I definitely recommend going to Lebanon!
It’s insane to think about the history of the country, it’s a key location on the Med linking Europe to Africa and Asia so it had a strategic importance for thousands of years! Different cultures, different religions all living in the same country – didn’t see any conflict when I was there, but it is rather clear that they still have a lot of scares
This may sound stupid, but my favorite part of Beirut was going on road trips, the entire country is basically made of mountains (hence loads of valleys) and the view from up there is just fantastic – we went to the top of Mount Lebanon while on our way to the Bekaa Valley (to visit the ruins in Baalbek) – and were above the clouds… Driving all the way up woundy roads was a true pleasure!
All in all here were my favorite road trips:
1- To the Baalbek ruins in the Bekaa valley (you get to see loads of poppy plantations on the way too :S)
2- Byblos & Batroun (can be done together in one day) – really nice places to just enjoy a beer by the water –> If you go to Batroun we went to Colonel Beer Microbrewery for a beer on the beach while watching the sunset, it was magical
3- Doing a wine tour would be amazing, they have some really good wine growers in the region (especially Chateau Kefraya) but otherwise Jeita Grotto is highly recommended! (I didn’t go, but heard GREAT things!)
Now don’t get me wrong, as much as I love road trips I really enjoyed staying in Beirut itself!
During my stay downtown I stayed in Gemmayzeh, which is a really nice part of town! It’s close to Armemia, which is the road with all the bars, but it’s still really quiet, so was the perfect mix for me! Hamra (another neighborhood) is really nice, a bit more higher class and less young I believe.
One of my favorite things to do in Beirut was walk on the corniche (the road is called Paris..) next to the lighthouse during sunset, there’s loads of people there just soaking in the last sun rays
The “Place of Martyrs” is worth going to – you’ll have the view on the Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque and from there you can easily walk to Place de L’etoile, the Roman Ruins (not super super impressive) and then heading to the Souk or just get a coffee in the expensive part of town is quite fun, it’s a totally different side than what you’d expect!
Now for the important part…
FOOD
I have to say, I love eating a manou2she for breakfast, would that be with Zatar or whatever – my two favorite places for that was “The Lebanese Bakery” and Fern Ghattas, but that being said, wherever you go I’m sure they’ll be great!
Now a more random list of places I enjoyed the food is T Marbouta in Hamra, it’s nothing special, but great food 🙂
Cafe Em Nazih is a more or less really touristy place – but they have a decent amount of choice and you can play backgammon while having a beer or food 🙂 It’s also next to Coop D’Etat which is a rooftop bar
Two more random (and further out) recommendations are Falafel Abou Andre, it was the first place I ate when I got there, and we got hummus with pine nuts, it was amazing! I got addicted 🙂 La Girouette in Broummana (there’s a few places with a nice view of Beirut) has live music with an amazing musicians every thursday – friday and saturday (call ahead to make sure but that was the schedule when I was there!)
Coin Perdu was a fun place to have dinner too (mainly because it was close to where I lived :P) on the St Nicolas Stairs, Loris is another nice spot!
There’s also loads of good places for food, for falafel sandwiches, grilled haloumi etc etc, I’m sure where ever you go it will be amazing!
Oh and make sure you try out local beers, try loads of different coffee shops and get lost in the city
The only downside Beirut has, is it was too hot in August, I was sweating a bit too much for my liking, but I definitely wouldn’t mind going back one of these days!
Enjoy your trip!
JULY 2019: COPENHAGEN
The only reason I went to Copenhagen is because a friend I made in Indonesia pushed me to come while I was in Europe, and since we had a blast when she was in Lombok I thought why not…
Turns out my plan of staying in Copenhagen for only one week, didn’t really work out… I ended up staying there for more than a month because I really enjoyed it!
Why? Great people (and everyone is fluent in English it’s amazing), amazing city to spend the summer months in, so many outdoors activities while letting you do whatever you want. More importantly tho, they make great coffee! One of my friends owned a small coffee chain – Kaffereit and they do amazing flat whites/lattes so I can’t recommend it enough! You definitely should try their coffee
I was lucky enough to be able to rent an apartment for the month thanks to my friend in a really good location for dirt cheap (usually it would’ve been way more expensive) so I decided to stick around.
If you end up going there I can’t recommend highly enough to get a Donkey Republic account and rent their bikes, it’s easy and a quick way to go around – that being said, if you don’t know how to bike you probably would be better off staying far from the bike lanes – some people are kinda crazy ahah
Make sure you end up going to Reffen, especially durring the evening, it’s a cool spot with loads of different food stands, same goes for the spot on the other side of the Nyhaven bridge, I entirely forgot how it’s called I’m sorry. Rent a boat and go around the canals, that was such a blast (you could rent a kayak otherwise)
It’s a shame the winter kinda sucks there otherwise I may have stayed way longer…
Anyway, I can’t recommend it enough, only reason I left was because it’s expensive, but other than that – if you can afford it – you should absolutely go there! It’s definitely made it to the top of my list!
JUNE 2019: ENGLAND – FRANCE – DENMARK
I ended up going to London in order to meet up with a few other traders and have some cool discussion, which did take place and I ended up meeting new friends that I know are going to achieve a hell of a lot!
Anyway, the reason so many traders were in London was because @Falcon Trading Guidance was hosting a conference open to everyone which was a success and a lot of people showed up and learnt a lot, so all is good!
But I never stay in London for long since it’s bloody expensive (I just go back for the hot crossed buns 😀 )
So ended up flying out to France to house sit for my parents!
Which was really nice, I never say no to free rent and home made food – I’m easy to please yes! But spending a few days at home not travelling was really nice, I could relax and meet up with a few of my old friends!
MAY 2019: A quick trip around
When Paul was in Vienna we decided to get a few more countries under our belt – so we jumped on a train headed to Bratislava, in Slovakia, which was nice, but I have to say, I think we saw everything there was to see in a morning 🙂
We then headed to Budapest, which was really nice, there was loads of cool buildings with really spiky details it was impressive! I think Budapest is one of the cities where you have to be friends with locals to real discover it entirely but we were only there for a short amount of time so we didn’t get to explore that much
When you’re travelling you should always enjoy what is free 🙂 So we found ourselves in a middle of an open air concert which was really good! The Biebers were so good! The main band that played after them was less impressive tho, but still!
MAY 2019: VIENNA
Ended up going to Vienna in May, was trying to choose between Budapest, Prague and Vienna, but the flights to Vienna were like 10 euros cheaper so I bought those (only to realise that the cost of living there was way more expensive than the rest)
Vienna was nice, especially because it was in May the weather was getting a hell of lot nicer but it wasn’t touristy. The best way to describe Vienna in my opinion, is a nicer version of Paris with way less tourists and everyone speaks English, which makes it very attractive as a location!
There’s a lot of nice coffee places to, but I have to say, my favourite spot in the entire city was at the bar on the top floor of the Sofitel, it gave a really good view on the rest of the city, plus it wasn’t too expensive!
I was especially lucky with Vienna because I ended up finally meeting Paul C. another trader so we ended up having a fair amount of fun exploring the city and getting (nearly no) work done 🙂 Two friends from university also passed through Vienna for a few days so that was amazing! Always great catching up with them!
APRIL 2019: GREECE
I realised I probably should leave Lombok because doing a visa run every month was starting to get boring, plus it’s a good time to go and explore the rest of the world!
Ended up staying in Greece for ten days, which was probably seven days too many, it’s a lovely city for a few days, but once you leave the touristy & expensive part it’s a lot less attractive, it kinda felt like there’s auto-repairs shops on every single block…
So decided to go to Crete and see how the island life was over there!
It was way nicer over there! Would recommend going there for a few days if you are in Greece! Sadly tho, there wasn’t any co-working space, and my hostel wasn’t the most ideal place to work from so I decided to leave
It’s so interesting how an amazing location for holiday can be “less amazing” when it comes to the life of a nomad – but you have to try the location to know!
Visa runs between JANUARY 2019 to MARCH 2019
Ended up going to Kuala Lumpur, wish I really didn’t like, but I only spent a day there since I only went there to renew my Indonesian visa, and the flight was cheap!
But basically, going to KL after having been to Lombok makes it over crowded, busy, dirty and everyone tries to hustle you (especially taxis if you take one from the airport, don’t do that mistake, take the train it’s as fast and way cheaper!)
I then went to Perth, Australia – and loved it there, had the opportunity to meet up with a few friends so that was great! Ended up spending a week there
I’d recommend going to Perth, but it did feel like it was an amazing city if you had young kids and a 9 to 5, not the best for a “digital nomad” but it was still a great experience, especially knowing that they have a direct flight to Lombok these days!
JANUARY 2019 to MARCH 2019
I feel in love with Lombok, Indonesia – according to a highly credible source (me) it’s paradise on earth!
Not only are the locals really nice, and speak good english but it’s also still extremely raw, especially compared to Bali… There’s amazing beaches, really good waves if you want to surf, mountains to hike… And great coffee 🙂
When I was there, I stayed at the hostel called So It Goes, I can’t recommend it enough, it is my favourite one in the world, the staff became my second family 🙂
The local food is usually fried rice or friend noodles, but who doesn’t like that, especially when it’s that cheap! But if you ever get bored of a Nasi Goreng for breakfast… You can go to Bamba, a restaurant there and have delicious food too! There’s not that many restaurant in Kuta at the moment, and that’s part of the charm, there’s not that many tourists there yet so it’s still your own paradise 🙂
Between going (for the sunrise) to the top of Tampah Hills and having more or less the view on the entire south part of Lombok for yourself, going to the beach and getting a workout down, a quick meditation –> it’s the perfect time to rent a scooter and go around and explore, or get some work done!
I’ll admit, I never did work this close to the pool because otherwise I wouldn’t have been productive whatsoever! But the hostel had good wifi, not going to lie, sometimes it wasn’t that good, but hey, it gives you the excuse to take a break and go for a swim or just explore the island!
Ugh, I really loved it there! Considering going back for good, just need to figure out the visa requirements! I mean look at this…
JANUARY 2019:
I’m currently in Singapore, well yeah Singapore…
Man this city is amazing! Was nice seeing a friend from university again but I have to admit, the architecture here is really impressive!
Only spent two nights there so didn’t have the time to do everything I wanted to do but…
We started the day at the Gardens by the Bay which was a nice park! With a nice view too 🙂
From there we did a walk to the Marina Bay Sands, it’s impressive truly is and then walked around the bay headed towards Arab street, which was really nice! Like it’s totally different than the rest of Singapore, there’s actually small shops and the vibe is really nice (we also saw Orchard road and little india and club road don’t worry 😀 )
But yeah, would recommend going to Singapore! But damm it’s an expensive city
JANUARY 2019:
I’m currently in Paris, France!
Spent the night at a friends’ from university, (one of my old roommates) was really nice seeing him again!
It’s strange, at this point in my life when I say goodbye I really do not have a clue when I’ll see them again, but at the same time I love it – it really enables you to be spontaneous and jump on a plane to see your friends if ever that’s something you want
JANUARY 2019:
I’m currently in Barcelona, Spain!
I loved it so much last time I was here I decided to settle down!
Well…
That was the plan!
After searching and searching for an apartment (and getting rejected by three different landlords (1- I didn’t want to pay 12 months up front, 2- I’m a foreigner, 3- I wanted a one year lease) I came to realize that it probably was a sign it wasn’t meant to be!
I’m kinda sad about it since I really do like Barcelona – it has everything I want, the sea, nice weather, it’s walkable and there are coffee shops but it wasn’t meant to be!
DECEMBER 2018:
Spent Christmas with my family in France! Was really nice to see them all again!
DECEMBER 2018:
I’m currently in London, UK (once again)
Flew back to London for the end of year event organised by Falcon Trading – we had an amazing party at the top of the Gherkin, it was a really good time!
I mainly loved it because there are so many people I “knew” through trading and talked to for ages but never had the opportunuity to meet in person, but that happpened during this trip!
Ended up hanging out with a few traders (we were around 15) in Borough Market for lunch, it was fun! Really incredible to spend time with people you’ve talked to for more than 2 years online and finally get to meet!
But yeah this community of traders is just amazing!
Oh and I stayed in Brick Lane, lovely place to be! Loads of bars/restaurants and coffee shops close by and you can easily walk to the city from there! I’ll try to stay in that neighborhood next time!
DECEMBER 2018:
I’m currently in Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona during winter is just gorgeous, usually during the summer when I’ve previously been here it’s just overcrowded with too many tourists and loads of pickpockets, but this time, it was fantastic!
The temperature being between 9 in the morning to 15 in the afternoon just makes it really enjoyable and peaceful! Really fell in love with it 🙂
Here I’d highly recommend just going for walks and losing yourself! The old town (El Born, Gothico and Raval) are just really nice neighborhoods
If you want to have nice views of the city go to Park Guel and the Bunker de Carmen
Also got to see over traders so that was fantastic!!
NOVEMBER 2018:
I’m currently in Geneva, Switzerland!
My sister asked me to take care of her rabbit and horse when she was away for work so I ended up spending the month here!
I mean, come on, I can’t refuse not paying rent for a month, that felt good!
I didn’t really love it here, it’s just so dammn expensive I didn’t really enjoy going out or doing much so I won’t recommend staying here for too long, if you are here for a week or a weekend that should be lovely, longer it gets quite dull, especially when its winter!
But yeah, walk around the old town, do a road trip around the lake, go to the mountains, eat a fondue and all that traditional things and you should have a fantastic time!
OCTOBER 2018:
I’m currently in London, England!
It was getting cold in Poland so decided to jump away to “warm England”
London truly is a magical city, it’s a shame it’s just so expensive and that coffee shops aren’t amazing to work in because otherwise, I would definitively be living there!
This trip was fantastic, I was staying next to Battersea park which is a gorgeous park! I mean London does have its fair share of really nice parks but that one is one of the top 3 in my opinion! Only slight drawback was the lack of a underground station close by but there are buses all night long so it wasn’t a big issue
This trip was made even better since I was able to meet Mark Hutchinson in person (the founder of Falcon Trading) we had a really good conversation and it just reinforced my belief that he is truly doing this purely to help others and is a truly good guy!
Also really happy because I ended up seeing a friend from university while I was there and it had been ages I hadn’t seen her so couldn’t complain about this trip!
SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2018:
I’m currently in Warsaw, Poland!
Decided to leave Berlin for Warsaw because spending one night in an Airbnb is 3 times cheaper here than in Berlin (20euros instead of 60) so the choice was an easy one!
Warsaw is fantastic – and people here speak fluent English like it’s really surprising, I never really expected it here, in Berlin I did but not in Poland, it’s really impressive! Most of the people I met were also really well educated and loved the EU which is nice!
The most lovely thing about Warsaw is that if you are living downtown then you can easily just walk around everywhere!
But here are my three most favourite things there:
1- The Palac Kultury i Nauky (photo above) it was a “present” from Stalin to show how great the USSR was, you can find similar ones in other countries of the old block, but it’s daamn impressive at nigh
2- The old town is really nice changes from that concert building and skyscrapers yet it’s only a 15min walk from the main square so you can easily just around 🙂
3- Walking around the river is also really nice when it’s a warm day there’s loads of bars there and people just chilling outside, it has a really nice “vibe” so would highly recommend!
Also, theres really loads of coffee shops where you can work from, so I’d highly recommend it!
I will for sure be returning there!
SEPTEMBER 2018:
I’m currently in Berlin, Germany! (I went to Canada between Colombia and Germany tho but stayed with friends & had an amazing time)
I only stayed in Berlin for a few days knowing that it was quite expensive compared to Poland but…
My German is/was totally inexistent so I was happy to realise that nearly everyone could speak English, a big change compared to France or Colombia 🙂
But after all, you only need to know “Hallo, einen kaffe bitte.” as long as we have our coffee fix all is good!
I have to say that over the time I spent there here are the 3 things I highly recommend:
1- Go to the Brandenburg Gate, I know it’s a classic and well known spot but it’s worth it, especially when I was there, nearly no one was there so it pretty damn impressive!
2- The Museum island is impressive, even if you don’t want to do any of the cultured stuff just go there and enjoy the architecture! The buildings are fantastic!
3- Okay I’m sorry I just have to name two really nice coffee shops, sorry but that’s where I spend most of my time! Halllesches Haus was fantastic, great location to get some work done, kinda sad it wasn’t walking distance from my Airbnb otherwise I would’ve spent way more time there!
The second one is Bagels & Coffee, pretty easy to imagine what it looks like with that name 🙂 But they also sell books there which makes it a really chill place! Would highly recommend!
JULY-AUGUST 2018:
I’m Currently in Medellin, Colombia!
It’s beautiful, the people are friendly, the weather is fantastic and the coffee is pretty good! What else would you want?
Medellin used to have a bad reputation due to drug problems and cartels but honestly, as long as you do not go to a few neighborhoods you’ll be fine! I am currently staying in Laureles which is has a laid-back atmosphere while giving you the opportunity to go out to bars if you wish to! It’s probably the neighboorhood where you’ll find the most “digital-nomads” and expats if that’s something you want!
If I was to recommend three things to do in Medellin (go and read other blogs if you want more recommendations) it would be:
- Go up Cerro El Volador (that’s where I took the above photo) you get an amazing view around the city and it’s actually “empty” –> Locals will recommend you to go to Peubilto Paisa but that’s hugely touristic and the views are pretty much the same so… Might as well enjoy the peace and quiet
2. Go to the Communa 13 – it used to be the “murder capital of the world” (no kidding) and you’ll see that change is possible and allow you to gain a more hopeful outlook on life! Going with a tour will allow you to gain a more in-depth understanding of what happened so I would recommend you to do so! It’s worth it!
3. Go and visit the Casa de la Memoria. Fair warning you are probably going to be sad after going out but whaoo, glad I wasn’t here 20 years ago that’s for sure!
(there are loads of murals in Communa 13 so really make sure you go there!)
However,
If you are in Medellin, be sure to go to Guatape! It’s amazing!
It’s mainly known due to “El Penol” this rock
This town is actually next to an artificial lake created by a dam, which allows you to have the feeling of being by the beach at 2,000m high!
Fair warning, the line you can see in the middle are the stairs to go to the top!
Yep…
750 stairs, that was a long and sweaty walk I have to admit
However, the view from the top is worth it!
If you go to Guatape you have to do three things:
- Go up the rock yep! It’s worth it!
- Walk around the town, it’s really colorful so if you needed to refresh your Instagram… It’s a good spot 😛
- Go on a Pablo Escobar tour! One of his (huge) villas is close by and you can even do some paintball inside od it which is insane!
(The remains of his villa after it was bombed with 200kilos of TNT!)
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