Caves Chambleau + Fado dinner
2018年5月2日, スイス ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Last days in Switzerland: a sunny afterwork visit to caves de Chambleau followed by a Portuguese evening in Chauffage with Fado included. Spending time with good friends before departure!
Chinese VISA: check
2018年5月2日, スイス ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Another big preparatory step regarding our first sabbatical destination: China. VISA done on the first attempt thanks to Sara’s great preparation work :)
Surprise farewell party
2018年5月2日, スイス ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
A surprise farewell party organized by our super "Swiss" friends, a farewell party by Sara's work friends, and Chinese visas coming through at first attempt thanks to a lot of preparation work!もっと詳しく
Farewell from Sara's team
2018年5月2日, スイス ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Farewell party #2 :) we had a lot of fun in the laser game, which also prepared our apetites for the huge meal that followed. They surprised me with a video where everyone gives me some useful tipsもっと詳しく
Ready, set, go
2018年5月3日, スイス ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Packs are packed, goodbyes are said, let’s do it.
Step 1: drive to Bordeaux to stay with Sara’s mum for a couple of nights and do our first sightseeing :)
Bordeaux
2018年5月4日, フランス ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Wake up late -> take a nap -> go out for a beer and walk around
Trying to get in the new mindset of having no schedule and no obligations, but it’s not that easy! We are formatted to be busy andもっと詳しく
1st week: Portugal
2018年5月15日, ポルトガル ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
A hectic week spent in Portugal to visit our dearest ones and take care of about a million things before leaving to Asia. Being in a sabbatical is exhausting 😂 and now China: here we go!
Beijing & the Great Wall of China
2018年5月19日, 中国 ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Beijing surprised us. Our expectations were low and we were prepared for a cultural shock. But Beijing was a well organized, architecturally rich, relatively clean city with friendly people andもっと詳しく
Selfies em Pequim
2018年5月19日, 中国 ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Depois de a Sara ter vomitado no avião e ter logo arrumado com a preocupação de ficar doente da barriga, andamos a explorar Pequim meio adormecidos pelo jet lag. Felizmente era uma cidade superもっと詳しく
People of Beijing
2018年5月19日, 中国 ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
We love people-watching, and Beijing is an amazing place to do it. We see busy people, sporty people, relaxed people, and they seem to find us interesting too since they ask to take pictures with usもっと詳しく
Xi'an & Terracotta warriors
2018年5月21日, 中国 ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
We took the night train from Beijing to Xi’an mainly to take a peek at the Terracotta warriors museum. Once again, the chinese trains surprised us with clean and comfortable 4 bed cabins that weもっと詳しく
Train ride to Tibet
2018年5月23日, 中国 ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
We took a train from Xi'an to Xining and then to Lhasa. Only 28h in total 🚂 🚂 🚂 🚂
We went past endless sand dunes, then past endless plains, spotted by so many yaks, goats, sheep, a fewもっと詳しく
Exploring Lhasa
2018年5月25日, 中国 ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
We finally recovered from jet lag and now are only suffering with altitude 😂 as a result we were forced to spend a significant amount of time sitting in rooftop terraces with some Lhasa beers,もっと詳しく
Mt Everest
2018年5月29日, 中国 ⋅ ⛅ -14 °C
Our journey to Mount Everest, also know here as Mt. Qomolangma, took us 2 days with a sleepover in Xigaze mid-way. The long bumpy bus ride was compensated by the rural and peaceful Tibetan landscapes,もっと詳しく
Nam Tso lake
2018年5月31日, 中国 ⋅ ⛅ 0 °C
We were lucky to see the Namtso lake in all its colors: sunny and warm, windy and stormy, freezing and snowy. It is amazing to see a huge salt lake at 4600 m elevation, with snowcapped mountains onもっと詳しく
Lijiang & Tiger Leaping Gorge
2018年6月4日, 中国 ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
Lijiang is an incredibly cute old town, although extremely touristy. Every single street is perfectly preserved, and most of the shops are of artisanal handicrafts where you can see the artisans atもっと詳しく
Dali
2018年6月7日, 中国 ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Dali was a place to relax. It was in the same style as Lijiang, but Dali felt more real. Where Lijiang was picture-perfect to the point of feeling fake, Dali has beautiful imperfections, and normalもっと詳しく
Guilin
2018年6月10日, 中国 ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
No words needed to describe the breathtaking Guilin landscapes, especially the Li river and surrounding limestone karts - surreal. The pictures speak for themselves.
Longji Rice Terraces
2018年6月13日, 中国 ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Longji was our most authentic experience so far in China. It was a throwback to our childhood memories of the Portuguese rural - the green landscapes molded by traditional farming, wood oven smell,もっと詳しく
Hong Kong
2018年6月20日, 香港 ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
After a week in Hong Kong we had lots of memories and tons of photos. We ate dim sum, explored the city, ate dim sum, explored the beaches, ate dim sum, watched the Dragon Boat races, ate dim sum...もっと詳しく
Macau
2018年6月21日, マカオ ⋅ 🌧 30 °C
We went to Macau in search of the Portuguese heritage. We found a really interesting (and sometimes weird) mix of old Portuguese and mass Chinese architectures, with lots of casinos in between.もっと詳しく
Crazy crazy Hanoi
2018年6月25日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
Motorbikes and Phở. War history and street hairdressers. Oh, and pizza.
Ha Long Bay & Tam Cốc
2018年6月26日, ベトナム ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Spending some time on the water seeing beautiful places. Ha Long Bay is gorgeous, but we have to agree to everything we heard about it - it is getting polluted and local people and tour operatorsもっと詳しく
Huế & Hội An
2018年7月3日, ベトナム ⋅ ☀️ 39 °C
We wanted to visit Hue in order to learn more about the history of Vietnam and to visit some sites that still tell a lot about the last war. We saw old airbases, parts of the Ho Chi Minh trail, and anもっと詳しく





































































































































































































































