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How to Avoid Tourist Crowds in Florence

Florence is easily one of the most touristy places in all of Europe. You can't blame people for picking Florence as a must-see destination in Italy though: It's an absolutely gorgeous city and it's a dream to visit -- for anyone who loves art, architecture, history, food, and scenic views. Florence is the essence of what Italy dreams are made of. It's every bit as beautiful as you'd think. It looks just like the movies, but better. And that's what people come for. Millions of people. This is what the Piazza del Duomo looks like at 10 am in the morning. On [...]

By Julika|2016-03-08T08:54:20+01:002015/05/27|Categories: Destinations, Europe, Italy|Tags: Europe, Florence, Italy|15 Comments

Photo Essay: Impressions from Luxembourg City

To be honest, I had no real reason to go to Luxembourg. Usually, I book trips to places with famous museums or libraries or medieval churches I want to visit in mind, but none of those things called me to Luxembourg City. Back in February, I had been a little frustrated with winter and just randomly booked a soothing trip to anywhere for my boyfriend Steffen and me. We actually hadn't left the country together ever since our trip to Belgium back in 2013, and although our domestic weekend trips to Berlin and Hamburg were super fun last summer, it was [...]

By Julika|2015-10-22T11:50:01+02:002015/05/14|Categories: Art History, Photo Essay|Tags: Europe, Luxembourg, Photo Essay|23 Comments

Photo Essay: The Best of April 2015

April was a rollercoaster ride kind of month: From weather to emotional states, there was just plenty going on this month for me. There were many ups and some downs, but mainly: There was spring! The month had actually started off with a giant April fools' brought to Germany by the weather in Central Europe: Snow! And not just a little sleet, but the actual white stuff that sticks. Only two days later though, I landed in the Middle East for a glorious week of Mediterranean spring sunshine and desert heat by the Red Sea. When I returned, Germany was still grey and gloomy, [...]

By Julika|2015-07-21T11:41:48+02:002015/04/30|Categories: Art History, Photo Essay|Tags: Europe, Germany, Jordan, Middle East, Photo Essay, thoughts|18 Comments

The Best Food Finds in Florence

Of course, I wanted to go to Florence for the art, the architecture, and the Renaissance history. But I can't deny that I was looking forward to eating all the food. I mean, it's Italy, right? Give me Italian pasta and gelato, and I'm a happy girl. Despite all my excitement though, I knew it wouldn't be easy to find really good Florentine food among all the tourist traps with multilingual menus. When I visited Rome last year, I realized that you just can't just find the good places by accident. If it hadn't been for my Walks of Italy food [...]

By Julika|2015-08-26T11:32:33+02:002015/04/23|Categories: Destinations, Europe, Italy|Tags: Europe, Florence, Italy|14 Comments

Photo Essay: The Best of March 2015

March somehow went by so quickly that I can barely believe it's been four weeks since wrote my February round-up. But busy months always pass quickly, and March definitely was a busy month: From work obligations, to networking at the world's biggest travel trade fair, to photo shoots, to a trip to Italy with my mom, most of March felt like I was running around with barely enough time to catch my breath. March evening skies over Germany Travel I spent so much of my time in transit this month, traveling back an forth in-between German states for family birthdays, social events, [...]

By Julika|2015-04-25T18:25:40+02:002015/03/31|Categories: Art History, Photo Essay|Tags: Berlin, Europe, Florence, Germany, Italy, Photo Essay|13 Comments

Photo Essay: The Best of February 2015

Back in 2012 when I started this blog, I began researching what kind of blog series I should have. Because apparently, a blog needs a weekly series, right? At least I seemed like that to me. Basically every blog I've been following has, or has at least used to have, a weekly (photo) series. For many of us bloggers, this was how we got used to editorial calendars and the pressure of having a certain kind of blog post published on a certain day of the week. From Sunset Sundays, to Travel Tuesdays, to the (indestructible) Photo Friday, there's basically no [...]

By Julika|2015-04-25T18:24:55+02:002015/03/01|Categories: Photo Essay|Tags: Europe, Germany, thoughts|10 Comments

Eat, Drink, See: My New Favorites in Berlin

It took me a while until I understood what fascinates people with Berlin. Berlin is not the kind of city you fall in love with at first sight because it's so beautiful. But once you looked behind the facade of all the ugly concrete post-war buildings, you can understand why people from all over the world keep falling in love with the German capital. Berlin is so vibrant, so multicultural, so buzzing with creative energy that it's way too easy to become obsessed with it. A few years ago, I never would have guessed that I could actually fall for Berlin's fuck-up charm. [...]

By Julika|2015-05-28T16:17:50+02:002015/02/22|Categories: Destinations, Europe, Germany|Tags: Berlin, Europe, Germany|27 Comments

Winter in Germany via Instagram

It's no secret that I'm not a winter lover -- especially not when it comes to those annoyingly gloomy Central European winters, when it feels like all colors are faded and all sounds are muted. Most of the time, winters in Germany are just plain gray in gray. Wind, freezing rain, and sunsets in the early afternoon make it difficult to spend time outside. Winters in Germany mostly feel like a country full of bad-temerped people is hiding inside, waiting desperately for that first spring day when the cafés put their chairs out again. And even though I've been trying to appreciate [...]

By Julika|2015-01-13T23:00:45+01:002015/01/13|Categories: Destinations, Europe, Germany|Tags: Europe, Germany|4 Comments

Photo Essay: Rome in Black and White

Back when I still wanted to write a dozen or more review posts to end 2014, a "Best 14 photos of 2014" was definitely something on my agenda. I know I've been saying this ever since I first started stealing the boyfriend's dSLR back in late 2012, but the last year was an important year for my photography. I've come a long way since not knowing that a body and a lens are actually the two separate pieces that make a camera two years ago. Street-side books in Testaccio In 2013, I bought my first prime lens, which taught me so much about [...]

By Julika|2015-01-06T21:03:50+01:002015/01/06|Categories: Art History, Photo Essay|Tags: Europe, Italy, Rome|9 Comments

Around the World in Coffees: The 2014 Edition

I was originally planning to turn December into Review Month. Because no matter how some other bloggers frown upon year review posts, I love them. I love looking back and being nostalgic. And I love pretending that my life had a certain theme in the past year. December overwhelmed me though, and I never got around to writing those "best 14 things I ate in 2014" or "best 14 Instagrams of 2014" articles. (Don't even ask about when I bought and wrapped my Christmas presents this year!). But despite missing out the grand review time frame in the blogosphere, there [...]

By Julika|2015-05-28T16:20:00+02:002014/12/28|Categories: Specials|Tags: Europe, Germany|19 Comments