TRAVEL AND LIFESTYLE DIARIES

 Well, hello! How do you find my Vietnamese cone-shaped straw hat? They are called "Non la" and they go well when you are on a sampan boat :) In 2016, the day after Christmas Day, my parents, my sister, and I went to Saigon / Ho Chi Minh City for a week's trip. It was a city trip but we wanted to taste the country as well so we booked a Mekong Delta Day trip to Ben Tre which is approximately 2 hours down south. Our group was relatively small, all of us fitting in a small van. I like it this way especially when you are travelling with parents that have mobility issues. The tour guide is able to focus well on each of us.

I made this trip back in 2016 with my family and one of the things we did was visit the Bitexco Observatory aka the Saigon Sky Deck.

My second day in Brno was a full day of work topped by a lovely dinner. I will take you through the day. Brno city center.

Back in the summer of 2019, I went to visit Brno, a pretty city in the southern part of Czechia.  Did you know that the Czech Republic has changed its name to Czechia? However, it seems that the rest of the world is struggling to accept its new name because the Czech Republic is still being used to reference the country. Renaming a country is always a tricky thing.

On our last day in Saarschleife, we took it real slow taking our time in the morning. I woke up early and was reading this thriller book but couldn't finish it before we leave. I told myself to read it when I am back home, but until now, I still haven't finished it yet. The book will have to wait for another holiday planned because I forgot to bring it to our winter sports holiday last January. I thought I could use a reading. We had our last breakfast in the treehouse and then we packed up our stuff. After checking out at 12:00 we deposited our stuff in the car and went for a stroll on the River Saar. The place is beautiful and we are very much looking forward to this walk.

 This is the  Saarschleife , the stunning horseshoe bend on the River Saar in Mettlach, Germany. There are a few hiking trails in the Saar-Hunsruck Nature Park. The famous short hike is the Cloef Pfad (Cloef Trail) which is a loop trail that brings you down to the Saar River and up to Baumwipfelpfad (Treetop trail) and the Cloef viewing point (see photo above). It is about 8.4 kilometers and takes on average about 2 hours and 45 minutes to complete. You need to have good stamina for this hike because of the elevation.