Jenny Chan | Blog

For our first and only full day in Vienna, we started the morning off at Hundertwasserhaus. The apartment building with the colourful facade was designed by Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser. As the building is outside of the city centre, I was a little surprised by the amount of people already there when we arrived early morning. Aside from admiring the building from the outside (it’s still in use as a residential building), there’s also a little village ‘mall’ with numerous gift shops and…

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Back from another trip to Europe! I took a week off to visit Austria and Germany for the first time last week. While it wasn’t my intention to go to Munich during Oktoberfest, as I was planning on going to the city anyway I figured it wouldn’t hurt to coincide my travels with the festival. I’m glad I went because I ended up having a great time and it was so much fun experiencing it in person. My first stop…

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I managed to save the best for last as I spent the final day of my vacation in Bruges. Designated as an UNESCO world heritage site, Bruges is one of the most well preserved medieval towns in Europe. Not only it is rich in history, it also has beautiful canals that run through its city centre. I definitely recommend it as a day trip from Brussels. The train to Bruges took around 90 minutes from Brussels Central. After getting off…

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For my one and only full day in Brussels, I had absolutely nothing on my itinerary. Prior to my trip I knew I wanted to visit either the Horta Museum or do a tour of the Town Hall in the afternoon, but I had no idea what to do with the rest of my time in the city. I just knew I didn’t want to go the museums route again. After a bit of contemplating, I first walked over to the Grand…

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For Day 5 of my trip I bid goodbye to Amsterdam in the morning and hopped on a train to Belgium. My main reason for visiting Antwerp was to see the cathedral, so I only allotted a few hours to spend in the city. However, Antwerp definitely has its own charm and I would love to spend more time there if I have the chance to visit again. Most people would probably take the high speed rail to Belgium, but…

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