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Hiking Pulpit Rock (Preikestolen) in Norway.. because of Instagram https://thepetitewanderess.com/pulpit-rock-norway/ https://thepetitewanderess.com/pulpit-rock-norway/#comments Sun, 17 Sep 2017 16:58:10 +0000 https://www.thepetitewanderess.com/?p=11219 Towering 604 metres above the stunning Lysefjord, the first time I saw the Pulpit Rock on Instagram, I knew I MUST get there. In fact, a huge part of my…

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48 Hours in Stockholm – A Not-So-Touristy Itinerary! https://thepetitewanderess.com/48-hours-in-stockholm/ https://thepetitewanderess.com/48-hours-in-stockholm/#comments Sat, 12 Aug 2017 18:00:44 +0000 https://www.thepetitewanderess.com/?p=10835 Stockholm – The beautiful capital city of Sweden. Many months ago, Swiss Airlines ran some promotional fares for Europe and I decided to fly into Stockholm in May on my own…

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Underestimating the Hike Down Mt Ulriken – Bergen’s Highest Mountain in Norway https://thepetitewanderess.com/mt-ulriken-hike/ https://thepetitewanderess.com/mt-ulriken-hike/#comments Sat, 15 Jul 2017 11:21:29 +0000 http://www.thepetitewanderess.com/?p=10453 Oops I did it again: totally underestimating a mountain. This time, it’s in Norway – Bergen’s Mt Ulriken. At gloriously 643m tall, Mt Ulriken is the highest mountain among the…

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6 Days in Norway: How Much Did It Cost? https://thepetitewanderess.com/norway-trip-cost/ https://thepetitewanderess.com/norway-trip-cost/#comments Sun, 25 Jun 2017 19:27:43 +0000 http://www.thepetitewanderess.com/?p=9888 For many years, I’ve waited to visit Norway but could only put if off, simply because Norway is expensive. Finally, last Oct, I booked return air-tickets to fly into Stockholm…

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12 Photos to Inspire You to Go Hiking in Norway https://thepetitewanderess.com/hiking-norway-inspiration/ https://thepetitewanderess.com/hiking-norway-inspiration/#comments Wed, 07 Jun 2017 15:55:29 +0000 http://www.thepetitewanderess.com/?p=10051 During my very short trip to Norway in May 2017, I hiked twice with my friends – once at Mt Ulriken in Bergen, while the other (Preikestolen aka Pulpit Rock…

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10 Tips to Know Before You Visit Stockholm (Alone) for the First Time https://thepetitewanderess.com/stockholm-travel-tips/ https://thepetitewanderess.com/stockholm-travel-tips/#comments Sun, 21 May 2017 23:30:21 +0000 http://www.thepetitewanderess.com/?p=9655 Hej Stockholm, the capital of Sweden! I had no idea I would actually enjoy Stockholm so much. In fact, I’d expected to feel rather bored with a lack of places…

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Why You Need to Visit the Inside of Sagrada Familia – Gaudi’s Masterpiece in Barcelona https://thepetitewanderess.com/sagrada-familia/ https://thepetitewanderess.com/sagrada-familia/#comments Fri, 21 Apr 2017 18:53:19 +0000 http://thepetitewanderess.com/?p=9348 An iconic building of Barcelona, many travellers are content enough to see Gaudi’s design. Little do they know, if they were to step inside Sagrada Familia, it’ll be much more stunning…

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Seeing Florence’s Architecture, Art & Sunset https://thepetitewanderess.com/visit-florence-travel-inspiration/ https://thepetitewanderess.com/visit-florence-travel-inspiration/#comments Sun, 23 Oct 2016 23:00:42 +0000 http://thepetitewanderess.com/?p=6563 Many years ago, I had been to Florence once. Afterwards, in the winter of 2013, I flew to Milan and decided to make a day trip to Florence again. The…

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How it REALLY was like to travel solo to Santorini https://thepetitewanderess.com/solo-travel-santorini/ https://thepetitewanderess.com/solo-travel-santorini/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2016 01:00:03 +0000 http://thepetitewanderess.com/?p=5867 It was 7.45pm and my Aegean Airlines flight finally landed in Thira, Santorini. The sky had already turned dark. I peeked out of the plane window to check out the…

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Checking In: Dream Island Hotel, Santorini https://thepetitewanderess.com/santorini-hotel-dream-island/ https://thepetitewanderess.com/santorini-hotel-dream-island/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2016 07:15:16 +0000 http://thepetitewanderess.com/?p=5398 A family-run hotel, Dream Island Hotel in Santorini is a Cycladic-style property, overlooking the Aegean Sea, in Fira. I arrived on a Monday night, at about 8pm, and Konstantina, a young…

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Santorini’s Shades of Blue in 35 Photos https://thepetitewanderess.com/santorini-blue/ https://thepetitewanderess.com/santorini-blue/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2016 04:01:47 +0000 http://thepetitewanderess.com/?p=5774 Santorini is postcard-perfect. Well, almost, at least. At 90.96 km², this island whose photos we see in Instagram posts, postcards, posters often depict two prominent colors. All I had was to say…

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16 Nice Things to Do in Nice, France https://thepetitewanderess.com/things-to-do-in-nice/ https://thepetitewanderess.com/things-to-do-in-nice/#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2016 04:27:12 +0000 http://thepetitewanderess.com/?p=5231 There are some cities I secretly hope that lesser people will know about so that I can ‘hoard’ them to myself forever, and Nice is one of those, lol. The capital…

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How to Take A Full Day Trip from Nice with Just One Train Ticket https://thepetitewanderess.com/day-trip-from-nice/ https://thepetitewanderess.com/day-trip-from-nice/#comments Mon, 09 May 2016 12:00:02 +0000 http://thepetitewanderess.com/?p=4606 Fancy a day trip to Monaco? Or Cannes? Or Saint-Tropez? Nice itself is a beautiful city that I cannot seem to get enough of despite being there twice. What makes…

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So, we arrived in Madrid without an itinerary https://thepetitewanderess.com/madrid-travel-follow-the-flow/ https://thepetitewanderess.com/madrid-travel-follow-the-flow/#respond Sat, 16 Apr 2016 16:13:01 +0000 http://thepetitewanderess.com/?p=4377 Have you ever arrived in a city armed with zero information about it at all? Sometimes it happens to me, or I’ll bring a travel guidebook to flip on the…

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Chasing the (Romantic) Santorini Sunset.. Alone https://thepetitewanderess.com/santorini-sunset/ https://thepetitewanderess.com/santorini-sunset/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2016 09:00:15 +0000 http://thepetitewanderess.com/?p=3721 For more than half a week that I was in Santorini, the weather forecast had more cloudy/rainy days than sunny. It was winter in Santorini, after all – not I’m…

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Monaco – Land of the Very Rich https://thepetitewanderess.com/monaco-rich/ https://thepetitewanderess.com/monaco-rich/#comments Wed, 16 Mar 2016 16:11:06 +0000 http://thepetitewanderess.com/?p=3999 Oh Monaco Home to Monte Carlo Rally and Monaco Grand Prix, its astounding location, natural harbour and casinos make it a very popular spot along the French Riviera (Côte d’Azur).…

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Park Guell in Barcelona – Another masterpiece by Gaudi! https://thepetitewanderess.com/park-guell-gaudi/ https://thepetitewanderess.com/park-guell-gaudi/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2016 10:00:38 +0000 http://thepetitewanderess.com/?p=3846 Half a century before the first Disneyland in the world built (1955), Gaudi had already envisioned a themed park experience – Park Guell. Designed by Antoni Gaudi, Park Güell was…

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That time I thought the first friend I made on my Santorini solo trip was a thief or potential murderer https://thepetitewanderess.com/santorini-misadventures/ https://thepetitewanderess.com/santorini-misadventures/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2016 05:39:58 +0000 http://thepetitewanderess.com/?p=3781 Oh no. A cold feeling of dread washed over me.  I stepped out of the washroom and there was no one at our table. My new travel friend that was…

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All You Need to Know About Visiting Santorini in Winter! https://thepetitewanderess.com/santorini-low-season/ https://thepetitewanderess.com/santorini-low-season/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2016 01:30:19 +0000 http://thepetitewanderess.com/?p=3349 Plenty of people visit this beautiful Greek paradise during its warmer months, but in January last week, I flew to Santorini and was taken aback by the lack of crowds.…

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Getting Lost Purposefully in Venice https://thepetitewanderess.com/get-lost-in-venice/ https://thepetitewanderess.com/get-lost-in-venice/#respond Tue, 15 Dec 2015 01:30:14 +0000 http://thepetitewanderess.com/?p=938 We got lost in Venice.. and we thoroughly enjoyed it. In this ultra-connected era, it seems like getting lost is a thing of the distant past. Before we go on…

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Inside Gaudi’s Casa Batllo in Barcelona – A house with no straight lines https://thepetitewanderess.com/casa-batllo-barcelona/ https://thepetitewanderess.com/casa-batllo-barcelona/#respond Thu, 03 Dec 2015 03:00:27 +0000 http://thepetitewanderess.com/?p=1752 When I think of Barcelona, Antoni Gaudi will always come to mind. More popularly known as Gaudí, he’s the key architect behind the iconic, forever-being-worked-on Sagrada Familia (it’ll be completed in 2026 but…

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How to Spend 12 Hours in Florence https://thepetitewanderess.com/12-hours-florence/ https://thepetitewanderess.com/12-hours-florence/#respond Tue, 17 Nov 2015 07:00:37 +0000 http://thepetitewanderess.com/?p=1528 Here’s the scenario: You’re in Milan for a few nights, and you decided it’ll be a waste if you don’t hop over to Florence for a day trip. And here’s your…

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Exploring the Street Art of Madrid https://thepetitewanderess.com/madrid-street-signs/ https://thepetitewanderess.com/madrid-street-signs/#respond Thu, 12 Nov 2015 03:45:45 +0000 http://thepetitewanderess.com/?p=2313 It was to my delight to notice Madrid’s street signs while exploring the city centre. Different from the predictable, name-only signs in cities and countries, these are hand-painted ceramic tiles. Typically composed…

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Getting spooked out in my Milan hotel room https://thepetitewanderess.com/haunted-milan-hotel/ https://thepetitewanderess.com/haunted-milan-hotel/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2015 14:00:58 +0000 http://thepetitewanderess.com/?p=1090 Milan started off alright. The weather was a little gloomy when we arrived, but it was my first time in this city and I was looking forward. Our hotel was walking distance…

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Not far from Nice, this enchanting Èze Village exists https://thepetitewanderess.com/eze-village-nice-french-riviera/ https://thepetitewanderess.com/eze-village-nice-french-riviera/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2015 04:15:12 +0000 http://thepetitewanderess.com/?p=1393 A short train ride from Nice, then a short bus-ride with the most breathtaking views and twists and turns up roads, we arrived at Eze Village, perched on rock some 1,400…

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