Shanghai ∙ Lifestyle ∙ Travel
Happy new year! We’re two weeks into 2018, and I just accomplished one of my new year’s resolutions – seeing and photographing the sunrise on The Bund. Yeah! I got up super early this morning, put on my warmest clothes and fluffiest pair of Uggs, got a Mobike on the street, and enjoyed a 30-minute…
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Shanghai is so ridiculously amazing when it comes to food and restaurants. It’s so easy to accidentally let your eating get out of hand, haha! Luckily, restaurants with healthy concepts have been popping up for a while now, making it easy and fairly affordable to eat consciously. Home cooking is of course an option, but…
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4 weeks, 3 continents, 5 cities, 1 Colombian wedding, and lots and lots of food, family and friends. That was one hell of a holiday! Now I’m finally back in Shanghai, trying to survive the insane heatwave with record setting temperatures. I’m so happy to be home again, but before completely shaking off the holiday…
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I have been the worst blogger lately. My last post was over two months ago, eep! But I’m still here, alive and kicking, just significantly busier than I was in the beginning of the year. So here’s what’s been going on: In January, I joined the board of directors of an absolutely amazing organization called…
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I get a lot of questions about studying Chinese full-time at Shanghai Jiaotong University. I’m currently there in my second semester, but last year before starting the program, I remember how extremely difficult it was to find any kind of information about it online. The university’s website is not very helpful, and forget about finding…
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Summer is just around the corner here in Shanghai (or at least that’s what I’d like to believe), but before switching into total spring-mode, Robert and I decided to head up north to Harbin for some serious sub-zero temperatures. The city of Harbin isn’t very well known outside of China, but out here it’s super…
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One of the perks of living in China is having the 7-day Spring Festival national holiday to celebrate Chinese New Year. Everyone is off work and school, which translates into the largest human migration in the world. People pour out of big cities, and most streets, restaurants and shops become eerily quiet and deserted for…
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Last week we finally wrapped up the fall-semester at Jiaotong University. To celebrate good results and success in the final exams, me and a couple of classmates went to do some sipping, painting and relaxing at Sip ‘n Paint on Shaanxi South Road. I’ve been wanting to try Sip ‘n Paint for some time now…
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I know it’s already 2017, but before really kicking off the new year, I wanted to take a quick look back at the highlights of my past year. Here come the Best of my 2016: Best moment The day in early March when Robert signed his new contract and our move to Shanghai was confirmed.…
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Wow, I’ve been terrible with the blog lately. No excuses, just haven’t managed to prioritize writing (although I’m totally blaming school!). I’ll try to get back to it very soon, but in the mean time I just wanted to post a few snaps from my awesome neighborhood, the Former French Concession. It’s crazy that these green,…
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