Trip to Edinburgh: Taking Perfect Tourist Photos

I have always thought that I know how to take good tourist photos, but I was so slapped in the face during this trip by my new besties. Shame on me. But now that I have learned so much from them, I am gonna share it. 

Trip to Edinburgh: “U” in the “UK” and Scots

My trip to Edinburgh gave me a strong sense of how Brits view the idea of “nation”. “U” in the “UK” means united, literally, but not the way I have always understand. The four nations, England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, are just united together towards the outside world, but within, they are just so different, and I feel like that they refused to integrate as one.

I have noticed multiple times there that whenever there is a Union Jack, there is a Scottish flag right next to it. In many introductory paragraphs I read in the Castle, in the museums, only the word “Scot” or “Scottish” made it presence and almost never the word “UK”. 

Trip to Edinburgh: magic or fantasy?

I just came back from a three-day-two-night trip to Edinburgh. The city made me feel that I am in the land of sorcery, and there is more magic than fantasy.

We managed to see most of the tourist attractions and they all look very gothic to me. Moreover, some of the attractions reminded me of a TV series Merlin and some other ones, Harry Potter. 

Travel Diary: Cambridge

In 46minutes by train, I arrived at Cambridge and luckily it was an amazing sunny day. Actually, the most sunniest day (don’t know if this is proper English, but I don’t really care, I am just super delighted) I had in England for a month. All in all…

My First Month in LONDON… Loved it!!!

I have spent one whole month in London now and I have completely fallen in love with the city. There are many things that are just like what it was shown in the movies but I also found so many things I didn’t know before. London has definitely become my favorite place. Beijing, my hometown, cannot compete with this amazing city, which is the first time I have ever thought that way.

Getting Ready for my next year in London

After two years studying in the US, I am very happy to announce that I will spend the next year in London, Harrow to be exact, for my graduate degree.

I have got my flight ready, visa almost ready, now it’s time to do the most important thing — Packing!!! I can proudly say that I am an experienced packer, and this blog post is me sharing packing tips. 

Heading home!!

Now I am writing this post in Doha while waiting for my flight to Beijing. I just left Europe 10 hours ago. I don’t really feel too much leaving Europe but getting more and more exciting for going back to Beijing. It has been 11 months.

So my journey continues but in my beloved hometown Beijing from now on. I have about 6 weeks in Beijing for summer vacation. Can’t wait for the food and family and friends and everything!!

A Weekend in Athens

I remember a few things about Athens and Greece in general. Firstly, hot!! It was already very hot when we traveled there. I can’t even imagined what I would be like in August. Though AC is provided in restaurants and some places, but it is not strong enough. I was still sweating. So Greece is so grease indeed. 

Busy Weekend Around Geneva

My study abroad program is actually based in Geneva, but for the past few weekends, I have constantly traveled away from Geneva. I barely walked around Geneva even though I have been here for over 6 weeks. I decided to take a break and chill out in this past weekend. Initially I thought stay at home and probably study for a bit can be relaxing, but I ended up going out the whole weekend.

Our university took us to Art Basel, one of the biggest art fair in the world. The field trip took the whole day Friday. We traveled to Basel, which was a nearly 3-hour train ride one way. The art fair was indeed mind opening. I have been to a lot of museums but never art fair. New experience, great experience. 

A weekend in Paris: Baigner dans le coeur de Paris

This time, I went on the journey to Paris by myself. I needed time to be alone and I wanted to see my friends in Paris badly.

Approaching Paris on the flight, I was getting more and more exciting. Paris is for sure one of the greatest city in the world and I am a huge fan of the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. Being able to see the great city and experience what Landon saw was absolutely amazing to me, let alone two friends that I haven’t seen for so long awaits me there.