Frenchie Gone Exploring

Tag: traveling

  • My emotional final weekend in Switzerland 

    Only 5 sleeps to go before I (try to) fly to Cancun (I haven’t figured out yet whether the lack of an onward / return flight ticket from Mexico is indeed a deal breaker) and after a great weekend surrounded with wonderful friends I had to say goodbye to, I have felt a bit soppy today. It was…

  • 3 (bad) good ideas 

    Exploring the world can be challenging at times (Please note the use of a massive understatement to avoid any drama queen effect. Now this is a first, isn’t it?) and it definitely brings the bright but also the dumb out of you. It is how it is. Sometimes you don’t have time to think twice…

  • TBT # Mt. Kinabalu, Malaysia

    Through my travels, I have come across incredibles places (really struggling to decide which one is my favorite so far! but maybe one of those days I will come up with my top 5) and I am grateful for it. To be able to follow my wanderlust and to keep on traveling is priceless. Last year, when…

  • You know you had a great weekend…

    … When you were able to go to the mountains, spend quality time with your best friend, calm your wanderlust down with sun and snow and finally complete some urgent tasks of your pretty long to-do list. Sounds pretty full on, doesn’t it? Well it was but hey no complaint! With only 24 days, 22 hours…

  • Why we should NOT travel…

    Less than a month to go (alright yes, I do know the exact countdown as I am sharing my thoughts with you: 28 days, 19 hours and 10 minutes) and this is official: my brain has started to misbehave. Damn you, brain! Among others, I have forgotten skype dates, have double booked myself or have forgotten to…

  • TBT # Angkor Wat, Cambodia

    Who doesn’t like a good wander through temples? It feels like I am sent back in time. Priceless feeling, no? The peace is a bliss in a world where rushing is pretty much the only acceptable way of living in our modern society. I’m looking forward to our new adventure to hopefully be able to slow…

  • So… 40 days, huh?!

    Can you believe that three months ago I handed in my resignation and I only have 40 days to go until the next chapter of my life begins?! I am really looking forward to traveling the world with M.  Far from idealizing this ambitious project (hoping to backpack through 12 countries in 6 months), I…

  • Australian adventures: the wrap up! 

    Even though it’s surely not necessary to state it again, let me be a captain obvious for a second: I. COMPLETELY. DEEPLY. ABSODOODLY. LOVED. AUSTRALIA! (Voila! It is said again. Block letters. Bold. You can’t miss it)  When you think that until 3 years ago, this country didn’t even make the top ten (do I…

  • Australian adventures, volume # 6: Northern Territory

    Against many travelers’ opinions, we unanimously (gosh, I love this bunch!) decided to discover the Top End of the Northern Territory in January. Say whaaaat?! Some people had thought that we had gone insane (or “insaner”, depending on how you see it) or that we weren’t aware of the wet season around Darwin. Please… Don’t get me…

  • Australian adventures, volume # 5: Queensland 

    When I sit down to write a post about a place I have been to, I usually struggle to keep it short. Excitement and enthusiasm are flowing and words come flying out. But today, I am struggling…  Let’s start from the beginning, shall we? When we planned this leg of our trip, I wasn’t very…