Like every other people in the world, I love to travel and I travel a lot. In fact, I have been to around 27 countries in the world. But I still haven’t been to Africa and South America.
Living in Europe
It was a bliss to be able to live in London, if we are talking about traveling. Tickets come much cheaper with more airline competition. Most if not all airlines will have routes via, to, and from London; Destinations are not a problem. Location wise: amazing. 6-7 hours, you’re in New York. 3-4 hours, you’re in North Africa. 1-3 hours, you’re in any cities you want in Europe.
I always try to visit places where I have friends in. By staying with local families, I can learn much more about a culture and way of living, and of course a huge saving on my accommodation costs.
While living and working in Europe, I spent a lot of time travelling. I travel probably every month or two. I visited 14 countries in Europe then. It may seem to be a large number, but I highly regret that I haven’t visited Denmark, Iceland, Hungary, Ireland, and some great places like Venice, Andalucia, Monaco, San Marino, etc.
It has been slow in writing my blog for my travels. But here are the things that I recommend to see based on my experiences:
- The nature, people, and music in Iceland
- A tiny village on the Swiss Alps called Gstaad
- The warmth, food, parties, and culture of Spain
- Wine & Champagne tasting in some picturesque French vineyard
- Norwegian Fjords and people
- German beer and wurst sausages
- Exploring the old city of Florence by bicycle
- Getting lost in the narrow streets of Rome
- How old stones, modern glass, and metal structure can blend so beautifully in Berlin
- Being frozen in Prague (-20 C)
- Swedish archipelago
- Galician & Portuguese seafood, and how people are extremely welcoming there
- There’s something about Paris, not sure what. Maybe I’m a hopeless romantic.
Moving to Australia
Now I have moved to live in Australia. Plane tickets are way more expensive from here, not to mention the distance. Plus, Australia is not the most generous country in terms of annual leave.
Places high on my “to-visit” list
- New York
- South East Asia
- New Zealand
- Morocco
- Turkey
- South America
- Cuba
Let me know if you have any travel ideas, or your great travel experience.
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Hallo,
Nice to visit your blog and amazed with your experiences. I’m Andri Puspo from Jakarta. Just two weeks a ago, me and my family have visited West Europe. Italy, Vatican, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, and France. It’s very pleasant and memorable journey for us, although our time in West Europe is very short for the journey.
We’re also have a plan to live in Australia next year. I want to follow master program on ECU in Perth. I’ve read your life experience while you’re living in Sydney, it’s not ‘supporting’ at first but at the end you give a ‘final’ word: still, Australia it’s a good place to live…
Hello, terima kasih sudah membaca blog nya!
Wah pasti seru bgt perjalanan keluarganya.
Yeah.. about the post hehe.. maaf ya kalo terdengar seperti complaint / ngedumel. Australia is a good place to live. Bit expensive, but it’s very comfortable, and the living standard is very high – dijamin
Semoga berhasil program masternya!!
All the best!
A
Mas, di London tuh khan abis ada kerusuhan,
Kok, saya lihat british people are a little bit racist yah…. ?
Di TV ada orang malaysia dipukuli dan dijarah …. orang Asia jadi sasaran …
Saya jadi kepengen tau sebenarnya dari mas andryo, orang2 eropa itu (khususnya british) wataknya emang agak kasar gituh ato gimana? Pengalaman anda dengan orang2 eropa seperti apa?
Sena,
Hmm… dimana-mana pasti ada sih kasus rasis. London itu sangat multikultural, orang yang rasis gak akan bisa bertahan. Saya 4 tahun disana, belom pernah kok menerima perlakuan yang kasar karena ras. Yah pinter-pinter pilih teman lah. Usahakan bergaul dengan semua pihak tanpa pilih-pilih, then we’ll be fine.
Yang di TV-TV itu agak biased, yang bikin kerusuhan kan yang memang ndeso kelakuannya. Kaum opportunist aja. Hanya sebagian yang sangat kecil kok. Sama kaya di Indonesia sewaktu dulu ada kerusuhan. Orang Cina dipukuli dan dijarah. Apakah orang Indonesia itu bisa dibilang kasar atau rasis?
Andryo
Hi Andryo, ini Ella from TM…
Love reading your blog! Especially all your travel adventures
Come visit me in SF some day!!
Hey Ella!
Apa kabar? Thx for reading my stories
US is on my agenda, but more on the east coast unfortunately. Belom pernah soalnya ke East Coast…
Anyway, hope to see you again, in this life or the next
Andryo