Author: Casey Kim

  • Bike Rental Apps: Tap, Unlock, Cycle!

    You chose not to travel with a car, but you don’t want to adjust your travel plans to trains and buses’ departure times. You miss the flexibility car travels offer. What is your alternative transport? Get yourself a bike. But how, if you are traveling in a foreign land where…

  • Exploring TV Series Locations in Istanbul, Turkey

    Updated on July 9th, 2026I’ve just finished a 54-episode marathon with Kara Para Aşk (en: Black Money Love). It’s been my life in whole of June 2026 enjoying this addictive series! Engin Akyürek and Tuba Büyüksü This addictive streak of mine continues from May 2026. Back then I started watching…

  • Austrian Road Trip – Kufstein, Innsbruck, Mittersill and Zell am See

    Updated on July 5th, 2026 Hotels If you definitely want to save money on hotels, you may look for the ones in Germany, but they locate closer to the Austrian border.  You may need to consider the border crossing time and traffic jams there – so we opted for staying…

  • Budget Travel in Ravenna, Italy: How I Saved Money There

    I’ve just come back from my 4-day mosaic vacation in Ravenna. I feel like I should have planned more days there. Why more days? My Google search suggested that a maximum of four days would be enough to see everything in Ravenna, but I felt like seven days would have…

  • San Lazzaro degli Armeni: A Sacred and Secluded Ground in Venice, Italy

    I own an illustrative and concise guidebook of Corto Maltese. It suggests multiple itineraries in Venice and its beautiful islands. It has taken me years to complete all of them. The guidebook has the section introducing a visit to the island of San Lazzaro degli Armeni, which is home to…

  • Book Review: VENICE. THE OFFICIAL GUIDE OF THE gondoliers

    Welcome to my 2nd Book Review on my handpicked and tested travel literature. We are in the age where AI-Slop videos have been dominant in the social media scene, but we love blogs and we have time to go through them. The same goes for the books and I believe…

  • Two Weeks in Finland without A Car

    I managed to travel through Finland without taking a single taxi—and still experienced what a high-cost country like Finland has to offer a low-budget traveler like me. I spent the first week entirely in Helsinki, the capital. On my very first days, I was reunited with a long-lost friend in…

  • A First-Timer’s Guide: Helsinki on a Budget

    Updated on June 28th, 2026Just a little of personal story here. Back in 2022, a friend attended a summer academic programme at Aalto University which is located in Helsinki, Finland. I have been in touch with her and we have met personally at different parts of the world: Singapore and…

  • A Day Trip to Chioggia, Italy

    Updated on March 3rd, 2026I finally came back to Venice last year – but before my comeback I did some homework on my Venice vacation. A lot of blogs and publications suggest the short trip to Chioggia as a side trip from Venice. Those blog posts and publication show the…

  • Pusheen’s Travel to Venice, Italy

    This post is different in featuring Pusheen all over my photos. She travels in Venice in my universe and enjoys her adventure in Serenisima eating or sleeping publicly on Venice canals.. Pusheen and her chicks entourage inspect the gondola workshop which is the only place where the gondola gets produced…