My next stop was Nice, quite far from Barcelona. Early in the morning, I took the metro to the other side of Barcelona and then a commuter train to the border station of Portbou. After crossing into France I had to change trains twice, in Narbonne and Marseille, before finally arriving in Nice. Including the…
The return trip from Ronda to Granada marked the start of the final stretch of my long trip, from that moment every step would get me closer to home. After spending the morning resting in the hostel, I took the train to Zaragoza, where I arrived after a trip that took more than five hours…
The Dragon Boat Festival is one of the most important traditional Chinese holidays, which falls on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar, corresponding to late May or June in the Gregorian calendar. For this reason, it is also known as Double Fifth Festival. In 2023, the Dragon Boat Festival…
The following day I explored Córdoba. First, I passed by the Church of San Nicolás de la Villa and the Roman Mausoleum, before going toward the heart of the old town. I entered the area from Puerta de Almodóvar and I passed in front of the ancient Synagogue to reach the city’s Alcázar. Unfortunately, both…
To enter Spain from Bordeaux I had to take a train to the border seaside town of Hendaye, where I arrived after an almost three-hour-long ride. From there, there are no direct connections between French and Spanish railways, since the Iberian countries use a different track gauge than the rest of Europe, so I had…
A failed exam, the self-proclaimed brother of Jesus Christ, a fourteen-year-long war that led to the deaths of tens of millions. While most people in the West might have never heard about it, the Taiping Rebellion was one of the bloodiest wars ever, and a pivotal event in the history of China. Between 1850 and…
Like Clermont-Ferrand, Carcassonne was another one of the cities I never failed to include in my Interrail plans, and I was obsessed with it ever since a planned middle school trip to this place got turned into a visit to Avignon and Nîmes. Don’t get me wrong, both those cities were absolutely wonderful and I’m…
Leaving Berlin so soon was a bit sad, but I was also excited for the start of the next phase of my trip, one that would bring me across Western Europe all the way to the Atlantic Ocean. The journey to Lyon took almost twelve hours, and I had to change trains in Frankfurt, where…
Loona is a K-pop girl group with a unique story and concept, and my favorite musical artist. They have twelve members but, instead of debuting as a whole group, each girl was introduced separately. Starting in October 2016, the members debuted one by one with the release of a single album and more promotions while…
The journey from Budapest to Prague lasted eight hours with a train change in Vienna. The hostel I booked was in a perfect position on the large and central Wenceslas Square, but my bed was the top one of a shaky triple bunk bed that did not feel safe at all. Anyway, after putting down…