My friend moved to Granada for all of July month, so together with another friend we decided to rent a car, throw two bags in it with some clothes and go on the 8 hour drive from Barcelona to there a Friday afternoon after work. It was a long drive but the closer we got the more beautiful the views got. We arrived at night and it was impossible to find parking in the hills on the narrow roads where my friend lived, so we parked in the center and went up by foot. Theres a lot of climbing to do in this city, but the small roads, the stones and little details everywhere you look make you completely forget about it. We got to bed pretty late since we were talking like crazy - we ... read more

First time I went to Sitges was on a sunday - we still had a rental car from our snowboarding trip so it was fast and cheap getiing there. On the way we made a stop climbing up the hills finding some old ruins with a really nice view. It was beautiful and there was a really nice moment where no cars passed by, but then the noice from the highway took over again. We went for a nice walk along the marina and beach and then made it into the center. It is a small cozy city full of small nice small shops and cute little houses. After a nice lunch with live music, we walked up the the placa where there is a big cathedral. Then we walked while the sun set down and ... read more

1/2-15: Got up early and took the ferry to Penang, 3 hours very bumpy ride but it was over fast. We arrived and walked to our guesthouse Cintra Siam which is in a very old colonial building that looks really cool inside and filled with old antique furniture. 60 RM per night (shared bathroom) Went out for lunch, ended up at subway - we will make up for it at dinner. Then we went for a walk around the city, loads of cool houses and areas! Found a guesthouse where we could get rooms for 35 RM because it wasn't completely ready for customers yet - moving tomorrow! After that we went to a cat cafe but it wasn't that good, almost ended paying twice because the cashier was confused and the cats didn't have enough ... read more

21/1-15: Taking the airplane from BCN, with connection in Istanbul where I was reunited with the whole Thamm family, first time I got to see them in a long while. Then connecting flight to KL, 9 hours - but I managed to sleep the whole way. After that a long hot walk around KL to get to the guesthouse. In this city theres no sidewalks og roadsigns so it turned out to be quite a challenge finding the place. But we arrived at our guesthouse Travelhub which is located in China Town. At that time (10 pm) it was pretty much dead. When we went to find dinner after a quick shower the local market was closing down and we settled for a bit pricy street restaurant where the chicken had more bones than meat. After ... read more

So I ended up moving in with a Norwegian snowboard fanatic and since she would not stop talking about snowboarding all winter - a colleague decided to do something about it and plan a snowboarding trip with a few other friends. Since I had never gone snowboarding before I had nothing prepared but luckily my fanatic roommate had two sets off clothing, so I could borrow almost everything from her. Just rented the snowboard, boots and helmet in Andorra for around 20 euros which is so cheap compared to everywhere else in Europe. Ski pass was the more expensive part - 40 euros for one day - but that is very doable with everything else being so cheap. There were five of us and we rented a big car since the rest of them were all ... read more