Mel’s Guide to Innsbruck

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I have never lied to the mountains.

Shigenori Usagi, Alice in Borderland

The third stop on my trip was a day in Innsbruck, a beautiful town right next to the craziest, mind-blowing panorama of the Alps. Most probably you have seen at least that one signature picture of Innsbruck already.

This city is not really big, but it’s extremely nice to look at. The air feels more clear, the sky (seemingly) has brighter colours and everything was easily accessible by feet.

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Mel’s Guide to Vienna (Wien)

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“When will you realize, Vienna waits for you?”

Billy Joel

‘Küss’ die Hand, schöne Frau!’, is a German sentence, that immediately comes to my mind, whenever I think about Vienna, or Austria in general. I cannot really explain why, though. For you, it is most probably decadency, beautiful and huge palaces and their gardens, as well as the queen of queens: Sisi. Which is justified, but there is much more to it..

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Mel’s Guide to Prague (Praha)

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“Good News! We’re going to Prague!”

Mr. Harrington in Spiderman – Far From Home

The first stop of my Interrail trip was the capital of the Czech Republic: Prague (Praha in Czech). Without any expectations and barely any knowledge about this city. The reason I put it on my list was, because I heard about it so often and everyone loved it. Now I know why and am myself one of the people swooning about it, whenever given the chance.

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My First Interrail 2022

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Gentlemen, excuse me. But, my friend and I have to catch a train.

Doc Brown in Back to the Future III.

2022 was the year I finally did my first Interrail trip. At the same time it was the first time I ever Solo traveled. Spoiler Alert: it was the best decision of my life so far and I can only recommend anyone to do this. In the beginning I did not really know about what Interrail actually is, so I want to explain it to you.

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It’s me, hi, I’m the Chick, it’s me.

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“Today is where your book begins, the rest is still unwritten”

Natasha Bedingfield, Unwritten
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Me being happy in a park in Vienna

My name is Melanie and I was born in Germany almost 30 years ago (yeah, I know).

This website is mainly about anything that I’m doing in my life, the things that I enjoy, the places that I went to and at some point maybe some recipes that I like cooking.

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