Fiance and I took a quick weekend trip to Amsterdam. It was a nice quick getaway, that also had….”fun” weather. Haha. There was a storm that came from the Atlantic that rocked London and Amsterdam pretty bad the entire weekend. There were moments were we just went inside a store just to be out of the rain and heavy wind. It was rough. We stayed … Continue reading Alisha Explores Amsterdam
I wrote this on July 10, the day I moved from Shanghai to London. Due to some complexities, I was unable to be public about this move till now And this time to London — Again, this has been something I know coming for awhile. I was asked if I would move to London by my boss the day before my trip to Thailand. Instead … Continue reading Alisha Moves to London
Switzerland An expensive place But a beautiful place I went to Switzerland for work, as half of my team is based out of the city of Luzern (or Lucerne depending on what map you look at). I took advantage of my weeklong trip to Luzern by going early and staying late. I arrived in Zurich on a Sunday morning, and the snow was starting to … Continue reading Alisha Explores Luzern and Zurich
and gets engaged!!! Life has been a bit crazy. In July, I traveled back to the states and spent time with Boyfriend and my family. August was so packed with work, that Boyfriend and I opted to not travel in August. So in September for the CN holiday, Boyfriend and I went to Rome for a nice long holiday. So here’s the story of how … Continue reading Alisha Explores Rome
And I got out just in time. Boyfriend and I went to Hong Kong for Dragonboat Festival weekend. I had assumed we’d be able to watch the dragonboat races in the Hong Kong harbor. Turns out that the races were actually the week after. We got in at night and flew over the bay. It is absolutely beautiful at night and no photo can do … Continue reading Alisha Explores Hong Kong (again)
For this years Tomb Sweeping Holiday, Boyfriend and I went back to Seoul. We love Seoul. It’s a beautiful city, with amazing food and drinks. It’s also got really cheap K-beauty products, which makes a lot of sense since you know, you’re in Korea As well, one of my childhood friends was going to be in town for the weekend visiting our other childhood friend … Continue reading Alisha Explores Seoul (again)
FINALLY I have been wanting to go here for 3 years. and I finally got to go. Zhangjiajie is city in Hunan, a souther region of China. It is known for 3 national parks: Zhangjiajie Canyon, Zhangjiajie National Park, and Tianmen Mountains. A whole lot of cool area to see in not a small amount of space. My friend was visiting from the US, and … Continue reading Alisha Explores Zhangjiajie
This past weekend, Boyfriend, Boyfriend’s parents, and I traveled to Beijing to show them some of the Beijing highlights during their 1-week vacation in China. Boyfriend and his parents hadn’t seen each other for 2 years, and the last time was when I met them for the first time. They had arrived a week prior, and we had been showing them around Shanghai. Boyfriend and … Continue reading Alisha Explores Beijing (again)
Kunming is awesome. Hands down Boyfriend and I took a really late flight from shanghai on Friday night. We took a taxi to our hotel and slept On Saturday morning, we woke up and prepared for our day. Only at this time did I really realize the beauty that was our hotel and our hotel room. Our room was a wonderful teal color, with matching … Continue reading Alisha Explores Kunming
For my birthday trip, Boyfriend and I went to Chongqing Chongqing is one of the largest city provinces in China. Most provinces (you could think something like a us state) in China have a capital and major cities within. City provinces like shanghai and Chongqing are city propers that are so large that they are its own province. Chongqing has the largest city proper in … Continue reading Alisha Explores Chongqing
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