[The World in a Nutshell] WanderTales: Stories of adventures and misadventures
June 5, 2025
After nearly a week exploring other parts of Turkey, we finally made it to the bustling, historic heart of the country — Istanbul! A city that straddles both Europe and Asia, Istanbul is vibrant, chaotic, deeply storied, and surprisingly walkable Read more…
Can you believe it? We’d only been in Turkey for five days, and we were already arriving at the third city of our trip! It was a jam-packed itinerary — but that was the plan all along. After all, Turkey Read more…
Quick disclaimer: I’m a massive history nerd. So visiting Ephesus? A total dream come true. Add in the fact that I’m Christian, and this trip had an extra layer of meaning—it’s not every day you get to walk through places Read more…
May 18, 2025
Our first stop in our 10-day Turkey trip was Goreme. Famed for its otherworldly landscape and hot air balloon ride, we were psyched to see this place everyone has been raving about! How to get to Goreme from Istanbul? If Read more…
August 28, 2018
For my final afternoon in London, I decided to just chill and stroll around the Shoreditch area (which I had never been to before!). Well well well, what a treasure trove! Apparently, there are lots of things to see and Read more…
So, for my last day in London – I initially wanted to do a whole day food trip – starting with the London Food Tour then ending with a nice stroll around the Shoreditch area (where I would continue my food Read more…
I wanted to do a London day trip to somewhere closer to nature (one day in London, and already I missed greenery haha!). I had two options – Seven Sisters Cliffs: Cliffs of Dover, move over. The Seven Sisters has Read more…
I deliberately set aside one day for London musicals – because I am a HUGE musicals fan. I’ve watched five musicals in London so far, basically: Wicked, Les Miserables, Lion King, Phantom of the Opera, and The Book of Mormon Read more…
I love love love Edinburgh – a place where names indicate how things were and not how things are. I had the most wonderfully stimulating time in this city, and I wish I had more than one day to explore Read more…