• Sara Bartholdi
  • Sara Bartholdi

Weltreise 2

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  • Japan /Nagoya

    July 31, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C

    🇨🇭: Okay es isch eifach alles ned so cho wie mir das plant hend…
    Eigentli wörs Ziel Vietnam gsi. Was passier isch -> mir hends Visum 3 Täg vorane beahtreit und ah dem Tag wo mirs brucht hättet isches ned cho😭
    Hend denn glueget wo mir sponti ehn günstige flug ih es land ohni visum chend goh…. zack flug nach Japan burchet 😂😍

    Besti entscheidig! I han gmerkt das ichs würkli vermisst han und i bi echt froh bin ich wieder zrugg!

    🇬🇧: okay everything went diffrent then we planed. Our plan was first to visit Vietnam, but the visum we apply 3 days before didn‘t came on time. So we couldn‘t go on our flight. 😭
    Then we looked for a cheap flight to a country who is visa free. I never booked so fast a fligt tl Japan😂😍

    The best decision in my life. I really missed and i‘m soooooo happy that i‘m back!
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  • Kyoto

    August 3, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☀️ 37 °C

    🇨🇭: 2 Täg spöter sind mir vo Nagoya nach Kyoto gfahre. Die traditionellst Stadt in Japan, het mir letzt Johr scho guet gfalle und gfallt mir au das Johr immer no!

    Sind denn am erste Tag es Matcha tasting gemache, isch sehr spannend gsi zum verschiedeni arte vo matcha z‘probiere. 🤩

    Nochdem sind mir ehn Markt geahluege was au mega spannend gsi isch.

    Und zum znacht hets es sehr sehr guets Ramen geh🤤

    🇬🇧: 2 days later we travel from Nagoya to Kyoto. Its the most traditional city in Japan, i liked it last year so i like it this year!

    At our first day we went to a matcha tasting, it was very interesting to try all this diffrent kind of matcha🤩

    After that we visit a market, it also was very interesting to walk around and saw all the diffrent things.

    And for dinner we had a really really good Ramen🤤
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  • Kyoto 2

    August 5, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C

    🇨🇭: Da Kyoto die Traditionelst Stadt in Japan isch sind mir no so ehn bekannte Shrine geahluege. Insgesammt hets dete 1‘200 Statue, wo alli vo sehr langer Zit mol gmacht worde sind.

    Mir sind denn au ehn chlinere ned bekannt Bambuus Wald geahluege, was au scho gsi isch vorallem do es viel weniger Lüüt gha het wie de ander. Und zum Abschluss sind mir no Gyukatsu gesse! Wagyu Beef😍😍

    🇬🇧: Kyoto is the most traditional city in Japan, thats why we visit a famous shrine there. It has over 1‘200 stone figures. They are many hunder years old.

    After that we visit a less famous bamboo forest, it was nice. The other one has to much tourists. For a good end we eat Gyukatsu with Wagyu Beef😍😍
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  • Nara

    August 6, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 35 °C

    🇨🇭: s‘bekanntiste in Nara sind die Freilebende Reh im Park.
    Sie sind im Park au ned ihghaget sondern chönd würkli eifach überall frei umelaufe.

    Und sie hend au mit de Johr glernt wen sie si ch verbüget gits was zum esse.

    Meh chan ah einem vo denne vielne Ihgäng so reh guetzli chaufe zum geh.🦌🦌🌳

    🇬🇧: the most famous thing in Nara are the deers in the Park. They live there since many years. They are not fenced in the Park.

    With the years they learned to bow infront of the ppl, because they now they will get some food.

    There are diffrent entrance where you can buy some deer cookies. 🦌🦌🌳
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  • Uji

    August 7, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 35 °C

    🇨🇭: Matcha Matcha Matcha. Es isch de Platz zum sii wenns um Matcha goht. Vo det Chunts her, wird Ahbaue, Verarbeitet und verkauft. Het für üs also de ganz Tag nur Matcha geh. Matcha latte, Matcha nuddle, Matcha Gyozas😮‍💨. Hend au selber chöne usprobiere zums vo Hand male und zuebereite. Het üs ehn Schwiizer erklärt wo scho sit 15 Johre det wohnt und mit de Tochter vom Gschäftsfüherer verhürotet isch.

    🇬🇧: Matcha Matcha Matcha. Is that place to be for Matcha. It comes from Uji, it is grown, processed and sold there.
    We had the whole day Matcha. Matcha latte, Matcha nuddles, Matcha Gyozas😮‍💨
    We also could try it grind the Matcha by ourself. The guy who show us this was a swiss guy who lived since 15 years in Japan and married the daugther of the owner .
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  • Osaka

    August 8, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 36 °C

    🇨🇭: ah üsem erste Tag in Osaka sind mir chli durch d‘strossw gschliche und hend verschiedeni Gschäfter ahglueget.
    Ich han mir denn au nomel es Messer kauft🫣

    Mir hend üs denn au zum z‘nacht All you can eat Kobe Fleisch gönnt🤤
    Scho echt fein gsi😍

    🇬🇧: at our first day in Osaka we just walk around the city. I also bought a new knife🫣

    For dinner we had all you can eat Kobe beef 🤤
    It was so good😍
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  • Osaka 2

    August 9, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 33 °C

    🇨🇭: Natürli han ich mir in Osaka au wieder gschiirr kauft gha🫣
    Nebst nur chli lädele und durch d‘strosse schlendere sind mir au de bekannti Tempel in Namba geahluge🐲🐉

    Das isches eigentli au scho fast gsi mit Osaka hahahaha

    🇬🇧: Of course i bough some more plates in Osaka🫣
    Next to shopping and walk around the street we visit this very special shrine in Namba🐲🐉
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  • Tokyo

    August 12, 2024 in Japan ⋅ 🌬 33 °C

    🇨🇭: Zack und scho in Tokyo. Det hend mir üs gad mir üsem Fründ ehm Shin troffe. Soooo cool gsi zum ihn wieder zgseh, er het üs denn au chli umegführt. Sind denn lustige Bilder gemache und no was gesse.

    🇬🇧: and so fast we went to Tokyo. There we meet our friend Shin. It was so nice to see him again after this long time. He show us around and we make some fun pictures together! And at the end we went out for dinner together
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  • Tokyo 2

    August 13, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C

    🇨🇭: Japan isch bekannr für die crazy und interesante Theme Cafe. Au so wie das Roboter Cafe. Empfange wirsch vo nem Roboter am Empfang wo dir erklärt wies lauft.
    Am Tisch hets au whn chline Robotor. Und jetzt chunts tolle, hinter dwm Robotor isch würkli ehn Mensch. Öbbeet wo ihschrenkige het oder ned use chan weg ner krankheit, het so au ehn arbeitsplatz und vereinsamt ned wells immer mit Mensch in Kontakt chömet!!😊
    Am Obet sind mir mit üsem Kolleg ehm Shin in Usgang eis getrinke und in ner Matcho Bar glandet! Lustig gsi vorallwm hets für 1h All u can drink geh🥴

    Am nögste Tag direkt is nögste spannende Cafe, Capibaras! Da isch au echt lustig und interesant gsi! Die sind au meeega gross!!

    🇬🇧: Japan is famous for their crazy themed cafes! For example a robot cafe. At the entrence a robot will explain you everything and then u can gl to your table. There is a small little robor too and also speaks with you!
    And the really amazing thing is, that there are real humans behind the small robots, ppl whi cannot work normal and have a disorder. But so they still can work from home and don‘t have to feel alone! 😊
    In the evening we went with our friend Shin to the Macho Bar here and it was very funny. Specally the all you can drink part🥴

    At the next day we visit another special cafe. The Capibara Cafe. They were soooo cute! And they were acutally very big!
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  • Tokyo 4

    August 20, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C

    🇨🇭: Sind es Teamlab museum gebsurche, da isch hauptsächlich mit digitaler Kunst. Es isch mega cool gsi und es het echt schöni rüüm gha. Zudem hend mir eh zeichnig chöne mache wos nochanw digital uf wänd produziert hend und es denn ume gschwumme isch🪸🪼🐠🐳

    Nochane hets denn no super feini Carbonara Udon zum znach‘t geh😋

    🇬🇧: We visited a teamlab muesum, its mostly with digital arts. It was very nice and they had really cool rooms. We also could make a drawing and then they put it on the wall. They also could swim there🪸🪼🐳🐠

    After that we had a very nice Carbonara Udon
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  • Tokyo 3

    August 22, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

    🇨🇭: Nach nem cooli Billiard Obet mit ehm Shin und sinere kollegin sind mir no eis getrinke zemme in es sogennantes Izakaya. Det kostet alles de glich Priis, also super günstig zum esse und trinke!! 🍻🥢

    Am nögste Tag sind mir mitem Shin ih es chlises städtli wos viel Vintage secondhand läde het. Mir hend denn üs eh lustig challange gstellt. Jede surcht für jede eh mega lustig outfit und was schöns. Es isch so lustig gsi und mir hend richtig deppert usgseh😂😂

    🇬🇧: After a nice evening by playing billiard with Shin and a friend of him we went to cheap restaurant bar. Called Izakaya, very commen here. All is the same price and is super cheap for drinks and food🍻🥢

    The next day we went with Shin to a small village. In this town the have a lot of vintage secondhend stores. We started a funny challange, we had to pick up funny hilarious clothes for each other! It was so much fun, we also looked so dumb😂😂
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  • Tokyo Asakusa

    August 25, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C

    🇨🇭: In Asakusa hend mir üs mit öbbertem troffe wo mkr übers Internet kenneglernt hend, Yuki 😊 mit ihre hend mir denn de Asakusa shrine bsurcht. Nochdem hend mir no eh chlini Boot tour gmacht🛥️ nur ha ich no nie so eh Boot gseh ganz speziell.
    Nochdem no ehn abstecher bi Ichiran Ramen gmacht 🍜🤤

    🇬🇧: In Asakusa we meet our internet friend Yuki.😊 with her we visit the Asakusa shrine. After that we went on a boat tour🛥️ just i never saw this kind of boat before.
    And for dinner we went with her to ichiran Ramen.🍜🤤
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  • Kawagoe

    August 26, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 34 °C

    🇨🇭: Kawagoe isch eh herzigs chlises dörfli im Edo style ganz ide nöchi vo Tokyo.
    Mega herzig und so cool das meh det eifach Stäbli chan selber mache!
    Uswahl zwüschet verschiedeni Arte vo Holz und denn sind innerhalb vo 30min au scho fertig!😍
    Ich han mich für Ebeholz entschiede.

    🇬🇧: Kawagoe is a small cute town in Edo style close by Tokyo. Very cute and the best thing is that u can make your own Chopsticks!
    You can choose between diffrent kind of wood and it takes only 30minutes😍
    I choose ebony.
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  • Weird things in Tokyo

    August 27, 2024 in Japan ⋅ 🌬 30 °C

    🇨🇭: was natürli au git sind komischi sache zum probiere. Mir hend denn au de Shin dezue zwunge zum mitcho. Und de arm sierch het jedes mol bi schärre stei papier verlore und het mösse zerst probiere😭🤣

    🇬🇧: in Japan there are also weird things to try. We also forced Shin to join us, when we try this weird things. This poor guy always lose in Rock scissors paper abd had to try first🤣
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  • Tokyo 5

    August 29, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

    🇨🇭: kurz zemme gfasst, hoore gschnitte und gfärbt. No meh esse und schöni Ussicht 😌

    🇬🇧: short story, new hair cut and color. More food and views😌

  • Tokyo Vampire Cafe

    September 4, 2024 in Japan ⋅ 🌙 24 °C

    🇨🇭: Japan isch au bekannt für lustigi spezielli Theme Cafe‘s. Dasmol hend mir es Vampir Cafe usprobiert, zemme mit de Yuki und ehm Shin. Es isch mega lustig gsi und s‘esse echt guet. Die ganz atmosphere isch düster ghalte.
    Speziells esse und drinks aber sehr fein🩸🥢

    🇬🇧: Japan is famous for their special themed cafes. This time we tried vampire cafe, together with Yuki and Shin. It was so fun and the food was very good.
    The atmosphere was very dark and grim.
    Special food and special drinks🩸🥢
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  • Meiji Shrine and China Town

    September 5, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

    🇨🇭: Nach nem spaziergang zum Meiji shrine han ich no es Photoshooting in China Town Yokohama gha. Ehn Tag druf in Usgang mitem Shin und ehn spiele nomittag mit de Domi 🤗

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  • Shibuya Sky

    September 9, 2024 in Japan ⋅ 🌙 28 °C

    🇨🇭: ganz viel tolli Lüt kenne glernt und eine devo isch de Toa, mit ihm bin ich denn au in Shibuya Sky gange. Mega schöni ussichte und aber au echt warm gsi.
    Nochane sind mir no Ramen gesse :)

    🇬🇧: i meet a lot of amazing ppl here, and one of them is Toa. With him i went to the Shibuya Sky. Very nice view but it was very hot.
    After that we had some nice Ramen :)
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  • Yamanashi

    September 13, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

    🇨🇭: Ziemlich am end vo üsere Reis sind mir mit ehm Shin zu sim Heimart Ort Yamanashi zum sini Family bsurche. Mega herzig hends üs al BH abgholt und zu sich hei gfahre!

    Lustiger wiis isch am samstig alles irgennd wie kaputt gange. Kein Strom meh (da hends sit 20 Johr nüm gha) de Grund sind Affe gsi🙈🤦🏻‍♀️😂
    Denn s‘obere Wc tüüre isch nüm ufgange und bim undere het au was ned tue. Sogar bim Auto isch de AC usgstiege. 😂

    Anyway. Hend denn am endi vom Tag glich chöne zemme koche. Es het selber gmachti Okonomiyaki and Takoyaki geh. Szweite sind gfüllti Tintefisch bälleli. Het echt spass gmacht, mir hend sogar eimol zemme Sumo Ringe glueget.

    Und es Wii tasting hend mir au no gha am sunntig 🍷🍷

    (No wichtigi ahmerkig, i ha de Shin bim Pokere komplett über de Tisch zoge😌)

    🇬🇧: Nearly at the end of our journey we went with Shin to his hometown Yamanashi. His parents were so cute, they pick us up at the railway station!

    Saturday was fun, because nothing works. We had no electricity (since 20 years its not happened) the reason were monkeys🙈🤦🏻‍♀️😂

    Then by the first toilet the door didn‘t get open anymore and the second also was something wrong. Even in the car the AC didn‘t work anymore😂

    Anyway. At the end of the day we could cook together. We make Takoyaki and Okonomiyaki. The first one are filled squid balls. It was very fun that we all cook together and we also watch Sumo.

    We also had a wine tasting at sunday🍷🍷

    (Very important note: i win against Shin in Poker 😌)
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  • Mt. Fuji?

    September 15, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

    🇨🇭: Nach üsere super spannende Tee zeremonie und üsere Salsa lessons, hend Domi und ich üs no dezue entschiede zum für die ganz family brennti Mandle z‘mache. Was sehr guet ah cho isch! Hend ah üsem letzte Tag de Mt. Fuji welle geahluege, aber wie ihr eu vorstelle chönd mit üsem Glück is zu bewölkt gsi😭😭

    Denn halt no es Family pic und mitem Naruto Bus zrugg nach Tokyo….

    Jaa und üses Glück isch no ned verbii gsi, de stau isch so heftig gsi das mir erst 2h spöter ah cho sind😭

    🇬🇧: After our very nice and interesting tea tasting and evening salsa lessons we decided
    to make some roasted almonds. And they really like it. At our last day we wanted to visit the Mt. Fuji, but so lucky we are it was to cloudy to see it😭😭

    So just a quick family pic and then we go with the Naruto Bus back to Tokyo….

    Fun fact… the traffic was so bad we had 2 hours more
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  • Kathmandu Nepal

    September 19, 2024 in Nepal ⋅ 🌙 24 °C

    🇨🇭: Nach nem kurze stop in Bangkok mit einere übernachtig sind mir am nögste Tag witter direkt nach Kathmandu.
    Und jetzt chunt eh lustigi flughafe gschicht…

    Mir hend s‘visum direkt vor Ort chöne beaträge und denn am schalter zahle. So, schwirig wirds denn wenn kei einzigi Karte funktioniert am grät… vo 7 verschiedeni Karte het keini tue.

    Und denn nach vielem hin und her und das ich eimal mit nem Mitarbeiter durch de flughafe grennt bin zu allne Bankautomate hets denn bide Domi i dere Zit funktioniert und mir hend denn endli chöne usem Flughafe.
    Nögste Tag denn endli gschafft zum Geld abhebe und ahgfange sache zu organisiere!

    Zudem hend mir scho ehn Flug burchet für am Sunntig direkt nach Lukla. Zum gfhörlichste Flughafe vode Welt💪🏻

    🇬🇧: after a short layover in Bangkok we fly directly to Kathmandu.
    Now a funny airport story:

    We could apply for the visa at the airport and pay at the counter. Just no card work and we tried 7 diffrent cards!!

    After a long talk i went with one of the staff member across the whole airport to try diffrent atms. In this time Domi text me that she have cash now and can pay the Visa for both. Finally we could leave the airport!!
    At the next day i also could manage to get cash and we organised some stuff for the hike.

    We also booked a flight to Lukla to the mosg dangerous airport in the world💪🏻
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  • Last things before departure

    September 20, 2024 in Nepal ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C

    🇨🇭: No die letzte Sache organisiert, wie Wanderschueh, schlofsack wanderstöck, händsche, kappe usw.
    Üsi Route plant und zum letzte mol üses lieblings esse gesse! Hoffet mir mol das alles klappe wird😊

    🇬🇧: We organised the last stuff before we have to leave the next day. Hikingboots, sleeping bags, walking sticks, gloves, cap and more.
    We also planned our route which way we wanna go. Eat our favorite food the last time before😊
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  • Day:1 Lukla - Phakding

    September 22, 2024 in Nepal ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

    🇨🇭: ziemli früeh am morgä ufsgtande für das denn de Flüger verspötig gha het…
    Für üs heissts jetzt Lukla, de gföhrlichst Flughafe vode Welt!! Warum isch er so gföhrlich?
    1. Landebahn isch verdammt kurz
    2. es lit direkt an nem Hand vom Berg und isch dezue au no vo Berge umgebe🏔️🗻
    3. Unvorhersehbari Wetter bedingige machets no viel schwiriger als es isch.

    Vo Luka us sind mir direkt is nögste Dorf Phakding glofe, wo mir denn au übernachtet hend.

    🇬🇧: very early in the morning we went to the airport, the flight was delayed.
    But for us is now time for Lukla! Its the most dangerous airport in the world!
    But why?
    1. the runway is very short
    2. it is located directly on the hand of a mountain and is surrounded by other mountains
    3. unpredictable weather conditions

    After we arrived we walked directly to the next village 3h away where we stayed over night
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  • Day: 2 Phakding- Namche

    September 23, 2024 in Nepal ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C

    🇨🇭: Vo Phakding nach Namche Bazar is öbbe eh 6-7h wanderig gsi. Hend denn au vorem Nationalpark es Touriste Visum und Ihtritt für de Park mösse zahle. Unterwegs hend mir ehn Koreaner namens Geongchul oder kurz Mark kenneglernt.🤗 Er isch ganz allei do ahne cho zum de trek zmache. Mir hend ihn denn adoptiert und sind zemme mit ihn richtig Namche glofe. Die letzte 2h sind ehn strenge ahstieg gsi. Zudem hend mir no 1h am check point mösse warte bevor mir witter hend chöne😮‍💨
    Und denn sind mir endli in Namche (3400) ah cho.

    🇬🇧: the trek from Phakding to Namche Bazar takes 6-7h. Before we could enter the nationalpark we had to buy a tourism visum and a ticket for the nationalpark.
    On the way we meet a korean guy calles Geongchul or Mark. 🤗
    He was on the way by his own and so we adopt him and hiked together to Namche. The last 2h was very exhaustin because it was all the way up! And we also we had to wait 1h at the check point before we could enter.😮‍💨
    And then we finally arrived in Namche (3400m)
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  • Day: 3 acclimatization day

    September 24, 2024 in Nepal ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

    🇨🇭: ahklimatisierigs täg sind super wichtig‼️
    Demit meh sich ah die Höhi cha gwöhne. Es wird ah so täg au empfohle zum ehn ahstieg vo 500m ufe und denn abe macht damit meh sich dra gwöhne chan. Han ich und Domi ned gmacht wells üs guet gange isch. De Mark üsen Kolleg hets gmacht. Mir sind denn chli durch d‘stadt gschländeret. Am obet sind mir alli zemme geznacht esse bi ner Musikbar was mega lustig gsi isch.

    🇬🇧: acclimatization day is very important‼️
    You have to get use to the altitude. Its also recommanded to make a hike up to 500m and go down again to get use to the altitude.
    We didn‘t do that, because we don‘t feel any symptoms. Just our friend mark went to the hike. Later in the evening we meet him for dinner and play some cards. It was very funny we went to a restaurant with live band and played some pool.
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