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BarcelÃ³ Sancti Petri - An Andalusian Getaway

09/11/2012

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Back a few years, during an Erasmus semester I spent in Barcelona, one of my big plans was to take all the money I had left after those 6 months, grab my suitcase and go traveling around Spain, with Andalusia as my main destination. That plan didn't really happen due to some unexpected robberies and too many cocktails in the Catalan capital. But second chanc[...]

Snow, Spa and Sanity in Adelboden, Switzerland

01/24/2012

Katja

Adelboden, Hotels, Mountains

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Imagine you're on a road trip through Switzerland. It's constantly snowing (good) but the roads you're driving on are often slippery (bad). You're with a friend (good) but your GPS is playing tricks on you, you spend much longer on the (slippery) road than you are meant to and you're starving (bad). In your ideal case scenario you then arrive at a beautiful [...]

The Sarojin - a place you can only imagine

12/06/2011

Katja

Beaches, Hotels, Khao Lak

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"If you can imagine it, we can make it happen", says Justin and pours us another glass of prosecco as we watch the sunset above the Andaman sea. The entire scenery is completely unreal. Here we are, Bea and I, sitting at a beautiful private beach on gorgeous design beach chairs, set up for us especially to enjoy the sun hit the ocean while the sky turns oran[...]

The Doctor Fish

08/27/2009

Katja

Bangkok, Cities, Must do's

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Arriving in Bangkok is like being in retreat wonderland. Massages, facials, pedicures, manicures, hair extensions - anything to make you more relaxed and more beautiful. While i plan to give myself the full package on my last day here next week, I could not resist but try out this "spa fish" treatment. I admit, I did it for the novelty factor, rather than th[...]