Valentinas Travels

I'm a big fan of surprises. I love planning them and seing how people react. Off course, I love it to be surprised too, but surprising others for me is almost more thrilling than being surprised. So when me and my boyfriend got the OK for a prolonged weekend, we decided that I would surprise him with a shorttrip, that I would be his personal Surptravel-agency for this trip. The only thing he knew before the trip was the weather forecast and I gave him some ideas what to pack and the QR-code for boarding. Sitting in front of a (wrong) gate, he had to complete a crossword puzzle  to find out the destination - well, not exactly the destination, that would have been too easy! The password revealed "SMÖ RREBRÖD". As I found out later, this password didn't reveal the destination at all because Sm ørrebr ød is typically Danish, but the good thing about the situation was that my boyfriend didn't know that either, shouted "We're going to Stockholm?!" ...

Last week, I had the chance to explore a new part of Germany - I enjoyed a roadtrip from the lively town of Hamburg to the beautiful island of Rügen. Let me tell you about this trip here.  Itinerary: Hamburg - Lübeck - Wismar -  Barth - Stralsund - Rügen - Schwerin - Hamburg We started our trip in Hamburg, but continued our trip straight north (if you want to learn about the fantastic city of Hamburg, check out my previous post -->  Link ). Our first stop was Lübeck , a city that I already knew (check the post here --> Link ) , but that fascinated me once again. Its medieval flair with the beautiful old houses and narrow streets is just wonderful!  Lübecks Holstentor A miniature model of the city - isn't it a perfect town?  One of the best things to do in Lübeck is to explore the gangways of the town. There are hundreds of them and you always have the feeling that you would directly enter someones private garden when y...