Poland, a Country of Romance, History, and Cruelty

I'm blaming exams for the extremely late edit of my video - originally filmed three weeks ago.

While travelling I find that I'm never able to take photos quite as pretty as the ones on post cards, and that even the scenery I see before me when I take the photo, it feels like the feeling of the time doesn't quite transfer onto the photo. I guess it's my extremely amateur photo taking self.

In these three weeks, I went to Munich and to Neuschwanstein Castle. The snow was glorious. It was damn cold too, and my camera got wet. :( I think while sightseeing it's always nice to see sights when it's sunny or snowing. Never when it's raining. If the snow wasn't so heavy seeing the castle would have been much more romantic.

My next big trip was to Poland and even to today, I remember how eerie the complete feeling of Auschwitz was. There was a man crying while walking through the camp, and just overall it was such a high tension and complex place to visit.

It's hard to imagine that only one hour away from Auschwitz, the square of Krakow was lively with people. The streets were so romantic and so characteristically European. The city really felt alive. I loved it, and would definitely want to stay a day longer.

I'm going to Italy in a bit. So look forward to videos from that! 

♚ Yushi

The City Cologne

What I realized while travelling is that nothing beats just sitting down and staring at the river - especially after a long day of walking around and sightseeing. I climbed 40 flights of stairs to see a view that was fenced in, but it was an experience! So that made it worth it. Cologne's cathedral is a sight to behold though, and I'm tiny compared to the absolute size. Apparently the three wise men's bones are buried inside the cathedral. I never like it when people tell me other people's remains are buried on the ground that I walk - makes everything seem so much more eerie.

I also had a really good beer in Cologne, which is Cologne's special brew. It's the first beer I genuinely liked. Cologne is also the originator of cologne - haha. See you soon.

♚ Yushi

Hello from the other sideeeee

The German side that is. I have safely arrived in Mannheim, Germany and have compiled a short video of my first two weeks here. First two weeks can be summed up in two words: cold and lonely. Which sounds really depressing I know, but there were bits and pieces of silver linings along the way. There will definitely be more videos and blog posts to come so stay tuned.

♚ Yushi