Good morning Shanghai, 你好 !

欢迎到上海 ! 

Welcome on board this  flight to Shangai Pudong International Airport. (PVG)

Such a huge airport I have to say :)

Shanghai, China
Language: Chinese
Time Zone: UTC + 8
Currency: Yuan

As I am on reserve this month I don't have fixed roster. I was on airport standby with my suitcase when they called me for this flight. I had some kind of flu (reaction of flu vaccination) so I wasn't so in the mood for any flight. But what to expect when you are not expecting? Flight; neither more nor less China; Shanghai baby. About 7 hours. Although my ears were blocked because of really huge pressure in aircraft (+cold) that didn't stop me to go and see something of Shanghai city. Tipical China. Huge buildings & nice, green parks. Everybody who is doing this job probably cannot find right words to describe everything what we see or feel all around the world but pictures can always tell something. 

Actually, secret - each of this image is picture from my window :)

But now, let me show you something else of small part of Shanghai that I saw. 

Funny guy that wanted to sell me everything that he had.

 Red China wedding :)

 Police chilling

Sleeping outside

Although I had terrible body condition cause of my cold, I had nice time in Shanghai.  A lot of things I saw and more of that I din't but in life sometimes,  we have second chance to see what we missed; right? 

"Travelling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and friends. You are constantly off balance. Nothing is yours except the essential things - air, sleep, dreams, the sea, the sky - all things tending towards the eternal or what we imagine of it."

On all these trips I learn and see something new. 

Here I learned that:

• Chinese really BUT REALLY love to eat noodles, 
• they don't except our cards in shops cause they have some kind of special code on their cards
• even if they don't understand what you are talking about they will use all forces to explain what they wanted to say

And for the end;

M. Twain once said:

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover"

Even if you don't have courage to do the things you wanna do try to find someone who will encourage you to do it together. Life is short, you know?

Today we are here and tomorrow who knows?

Somewhere over the rainbow.

I am going to do thing I love to do, and you? Will you?

XOXO from me, till the next hot Saturday.

Love, E

Ghana time, Hello Accra!

Ghana; Accra

Language: English, Akan

Currency: Accra Cedis 

Time Zone: + 4 hours

"We face neither East or West, we face forward"

Kwame Nkrumah ( leader of Ghana from 1951. - 1966.)

Welcome on board this Drama Queen flight Accra; Ghana!

After our common flight to amazing & my lovely country Austria, it's time to see something new about Africa.  Put some new minds and pictures in our heads. 

Have you ever wonder how is really in Africa? Does it look like how they show us on TV or newspapers? Are they really poor or they have some treausures as well? 

Yes and yes.

Yes they are poor and some part of the city is like some junkyard & yes some things are their wealth.  If you don't see it maybe you don't believe it.

Mother Teresa once said: "We know about poor people. It’s the poor people we don’t know." 

Do you remember the time when you're sitting barefoot in a wooden chair while carving bowl, hoping to sell it for a piece of bread? Or maybe a time when you were all day on sun  with baby on your back, cathing turists to buy something that you reaped all by yourself? Can you imagine that you are living those scenarios? 

We don't know anything except TV scenes or some tragical newspapers news. You can't feel something if you are not in that shoes or worse without any. I put myself momentous thoughts about people living dirty way of life, eating whatever and wherever. Looking in that bright, red eyes I could see desire for better and waiting for care. I wanted to give them anything that I have. My money, my clothes ...quarter of luck that I have but even that couldn't be enough. 
Actually, I didn't see anything in that two days, imagine that I had week or month? 

You cannot feel or see something that you don't wish to experience. And certainly you cannot  be something you don't want to become. If you are stuck in one moment, probably you will leave your roots there but if you feel like choosing most funniest and fabulous moments in your life you'll take care that you are in right direction. 

So; my lovely readers, do something crazy this evening and take care. 
Today you are there and maybe tomorrow ...? Who knows? 

May the joy be with you this night, 
xx, E

Guten Abend Wien - Jetzt oder nie!

Austria - Vienna
Willkommen in Wien!

Language: German

Currency: Lovely Euro (EUR)

Time Zone: +1 GMT (summer +2)

"For almost fifteen years i repeatedly saw one and the same dream; I would arrive in Vienna at long last. I would feel really happy, for I was returning to my serene childhood."

Hello my lovely hubbles, 

I'll tell you a story 4226 km far away from this city that I am right now and maybe 4 and a half hours from my hometown. 
Since I used to lived in Austria I really have some kind of special love for that country. Do I have to tell you that this trip was absolutely fabulous? Green parks, a lot of streets, sunny day, shopping areas, coffee on terrace, kind and approachable people, nice hotel ... Maybe you cannot imagine my life now but I can tell you, it is something you are thinking about when you are  trying to rest in really nice hotel in some beautiful city like this. Traveling all around the world and picking just those nice corners in unexplored world. Dreaming of all that cities in the world you want to visit and then all of sudden you are there. Whatever's on your mind.

When we woke up we decided that day is perfect to see what Vienna can show us. Although it was chilly and windy weather nothing could prevent us to walk all day through that lovely streets. You can see a beauty of monuments and historical parts of the city while at the same time all luxury stores, shopping centres, cafes and restaurants. It reminded me on my city; city with soul and history.

After long walk all around the city we decided to fill our batteries in Seafood restaurant. I could eat every day fish so for me the food was extra good. Of course I couldn't skip the part with the dessert so we went on quick coffee and cheesecake before big The Shopping-Time.

Sometimes I'm that girl that hates shopping and everything with that BUT sometimes; OMG, I LOOOOVE it. Zara, H&M, Humanic, Bipa, DM, Forever 21, Louis Vuitton ... Yes, we visited all of them. My choice for this time was just couple of things that I really wanted.

Mint sweater and bag & Gucci Guilty & Pink jacket &

my yummy DM's Joghurt-white chocolate waffels & Giotto

And day passed really fast. Just like that day when you have amazing time. Next day we take a tour again through the streets of Vienna. We didn't see everything again but we decided to go in Kunsthistorisches Museum before we go to the hotel. Egyptian history, collection of coins and famous historical people. Spanish, Italian, French, German and Netherlands art gallery. Really nice.

If we could have five days we can not visit and see everything that we can in this city so next time I have to-do-in-Vienna part 2-list. For sure, I know I love Europe even more. 

Ohh, they made me laugh =)

 With love, dq

Hello Geneva, Hello Switzerland!!

Switzerland - Geneva

Motto: Unus pro omnibus omnes pro uno!/All for one and one for all!

Language : French

Currency: Swiss Franc

Time Zone: UTC +2

Bienvenue a Geneve! 

My trip to Geneva was really lovely. In one word fabulous. As we walked the streets of Geneva I thought about my lovely city. I really love Europe. Green parts, grass, rivers ... Wonderfull.

Things that I liked the most in Geneva:

• French !! OMG I loooove that language
• weather - sunny and fresh
• hotel room - chocolate & coffee part
• streets (remind me on my lovely Zagreb)
• flight over Croatia (oh, I really enjoyed the view from a/c when FO called me to tell me that we are just above my country)
• breakfast in hotel
• grocery in shops (such huge choice of everything)

XY: " Did they forget how to open the door?"

DQ: "Well, maybe :) (after a minute) 

I think now it's ok. Thank you, Goodbye! :)"

XY: "Excuse me ... You have really lovely smile!!"

DQ: :) "Well, thank you Sir."

You never know who will notice your smile, so don't stop... ever!

XOXO

And because no matter who you are, if you believe in yourself and your dream, New York will always be the place for you.

Hello my lovely readers, 

As I saw amazing video about my one of the most interesting cities on To-Visit-List I have to dedicate my all new post to that lovely city. 

Here is that video that made my dream about this lovely city over and over again.  --> Watch NYC in 5 minutes 

Nothing much to say except:

• since 1624
• Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island
• Population 8,244,910
• UTC -5
• more than 250 feature films are shot on location in NYC each year
• New York Subway runs 24 hours a day
• Manhattan doesn't have a Main street
• The first known name for Manhattan was New Amsterdam
• Average sale price of an apartment in Manhattan during 2007. was $1,49 million
• if you're traveling there here are the interesting tips -> Traveling to NYC
• Empire State Building, Chrysler Building
• Statue of liberty
• Ditmas Park, Central Park
• Lincoln center  ... ... 

I could write all day long about this city. But I'll leave you with pics till next Big Apple story ;)

 “I look out the window and I see the lights and the skyline and the people on the street rushing around looking for action, love, and the world's greatest chocolate chip cookie, and my heart does a little dance.”  

 “Practically everybody in New York has half a mind to write a book -and does” 

 “There is something in the New York air that makes sleep useless.” 

 “New York is made up of millions of different people, and they all come here looking for something”

 “The most wonderful street in the universe is Broadway. It is a world within itself. High and low, rich and poor, pass along at a rate peculiar to New York, and positively bewildering to a stranger.” 

“I carry the place around the world in my heart but sometimes I try to shake it off in my dreams” 

 "When words get in the way, there's really only one thing left to do."

 "Sometimes you need to step outside, clear your head and remind yourself of who you are. And where you wanna be. And sometimes you have to venture outside your world in order to find yourself. As for me, I'm happy right where I am. I only wanna be with you."

 "One thing about being on the top of the world.. it gives you a long, long way to fall."

"They say every action has an equal and opposite reaction, and once something is set on motion, it can't help up to build a momentum."

 "They say the universe has a great sense of humor. That sometimes having your dreams come true can feel like a nightmare. Because getting what you want always come with strings attached."

 "So if you want peace, always be prepared for war."

Dedicated as well to my best of the best friend L, her unconditional love, amazing smile, endless support, fairness and kidness.

xoxo,dq