Traveling always makes me happy but there is something about roadtrips that gets me especially excited. A car, good music and a pretty landscape thats all you need. And yes roadtrips are always great but last weeks trip along the Great Ocean Road was special. Not only is the landscape breathtakingly beautiful, but I got to cross quite a few list of my...
I have come back from Ghana almost a month ago, so now it was time to get out again: this time my destination was the Normandy in France. I spent a couple of days on the Contentin Peninsula with my parents. Unfortunately, we've had a lot of rain, but still, I love this region of France and hope to inspire you to go...
I always considered myself to be a mountain person. This moment when I'm on my snowboard just going down the slopes and not thinking about anything else is when I'm happiest. I always overthink everything but not in that moment when all that counts is to look for the best way to descend the mountain and nothing else matters. Not that I'm not...
As you may have realized I have been absent from the blog for a while now and the reason for that is that I was packing my bags and leaving Ghana. Although it was really tough trying to pack for good and leave my life there, knowing it will never be like this again, I was looking forward to going back. Some of...
After several months of preparation I finally hopped on a plane to Australia last Saturday to spend a semester abroad in Melbourne. And well, that's also why it has been so quiet on the blog since preparations and then exploring the city took up all of my time. Ready to leave It all started with trying my best to fit everything I need...
Should you have followed my previous posts, you now know how big the market for second hand clothes is in Ghana. However, I have also stated that a lot of people also buy fabric and have their dresses made by tailors. Now I thought I should give you a better impression of how the fabrics look. Of course you get a huge range...
Yesterday was another national holiday in Ghana, so two friends of mine and I decided to make a trip to Accra. Ghana's busy capital has many sites to offer: the Independence Arch, several malls, some beaches and plenty restaurants and bars. However, we decided to have a look at a very different part of the city: Agbogbloshie (nicknamed "Sodom and Gomorra"). Agbobloshie has...
As my time in Ghana is coming to an end, I have come to realize more and more how much I love my second home at Africa's West Coast. There are so many things I'm going to miss and though I look forward to being able to make different food choices soon, I guess Ghanaian food is one of those things I'll miss....
Ever since I can remember I have been addicted: to notebooks. I guess there is nothing I have bought so often when I actually didn't need it. Because that was the flaw: I couldn't think of anything to write. So I started writing down the lyrics of my favorite songs. I stopped, though, pretty soon, I knew them back to front, so I...
My time in Ghana is coming to an end so now I'm quite eager to see as much of the country as possible during the time left. This weekend I travelled from Central to Eastern Region to visit some friends of mine who work in an orphanage there. Eastern Region is very much defined by its smooth hills and lush green vegetation. I...
I have always been a huge fan of secondhand shopping, so in a way Ghana is a paradise for me. Why? Because of the markets strewn with huge amounts of secondhand clothes at cheap and negotiable prices. However there is a dark side to it: A fair share of these clothes have once been donated in countries outside of Africa. I guess everyone...
