Happy new year and thank you for reading! Please feel free to leave any comments or questions below.
- Anette

• All blog posts from Kobe
• New Year Celebration at a Japanese Temple - Taisan-ji (太山寺)
• Sightseeing in Kobe: A visit to the Uonotana Fish Market (魚の棚)(魚の棚)
• All blog posts from Osaka
• All blog posts from Kyoto
• All blog posts from Japan 

Happy new year and thanks for watching! Please feel free to leave any comments or questions below
- Anette

• All blog posts about Norwegian
• Ask a Teacher - New Norwegianclass101 Language Episodes
• How do Norwegian People Celebrate Christmas?
• New Year's Day - Norwegian New Year Phrases
• Valentines Day - "I love you" in Norwegian

Shibuya has become increasingly popular for celebrating big events like Halloween and New Year's Eve, and this year I teamed up with some friends to join the crowd that was flocking to the Shibuya Crossing for a fun New Year countdown. I've added a video from the celebration below for those who might be interested:

• All blogposts from Tokyo
• All blogposts about seasonal Kanto events
• Spring
• Hiking in Tokyo: Sakura viewing (花見) at Mount Takao
• Tokyo Cherry Blossom Spots: Nakameguro's Meguro-gawa River (目黒川)
• Saitama: Pink Moss Viewing in Chichibu Hitsujiyama Park
• Summer
• Bon Odori Midsummer Festival in Ebisu (恵比寿駅前盆踊り)
• Pikachu Outbreak in Yokohama - Pikachu Tairyou Hassei-Chu
• Summer in Tokyo: Ultra Japan at Tokyo Odaiba!
• Autumn
• Yokohama: Autumn Views at the Sankeien Garden
• Sightseeing in Nikko: The Grand Autumn Festival Shuki Taisai 
• Sightseeing in Saitama: The Kawagoe Festival
• Winter
• Chiba: Winter Illumination at the Country Farm Tokyo German Village
• Yokohama: Christmas Market at the Red Brick Warehouse
• [Video] New Year's Eve in Tokyo: Shibuya Crossing Countdown 2016 

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Thank you for reading! Please feel free to leave any comments or questions below
- Anette

Yuma and I have been spending the last week of 2015, including my birthday, in the Maldives, and we've had a fantastic stay here. The Internet connection has been so-so and I haven't had the chance to update my blog during the stay, but I'll be back shortly with many posts and pictures from the trip. In the meantime I wish you all a happy new year! ♪(*^^)o∀*∀o(^^*)♪

• All blogposts from the Maldives
• Sightseeing in the Maldives: One day in Male
• Luxury Resort Life in the Maldives: Chaaya Reef & Ellaidhoo by Cinnamon
• Ellaidhoo by Cinnamon - Dream Vacation in a Maldivian Water Bungalow
• Maldives Island Resorts: Ellaidhoo by Cinnamon Superior Room
• The Maldives on a budget: Going local at Himmafushi Island
• The Maldives: Staying at Himmafushi Island's Just Surf Villa & Lodge
• Sightseeing in the Maldives: The Maldives & Alcoholic Drinks
• Happy New Year from the Maldives!
• All blogposts about hotels

Coco Palm Dhuni Kolhu

Constance Moofushi

Olhuveli Beach & Spa Resort

Huvafen Fushi Maldives

The last week of 2013 was spent in the Palauan archipelago situated east of the Philippines. I'll be back with some blogposts from the trip soon!

• All blogposts from Palau
• Sightseeing in Palau: The Milky Way!
• Sightseeing in Palau: The Jellyfish Lake
• Sightseeing in Palau: Kayaking the Rock Islands
• Palau: Visiting the Battlefield of Pelileu Island
• Diving in Palau - The Turtle Wall

Palau Royal Resort by Nikko Hotels

Airai Water Paradise Hotel & Spa

DW  Motel

Lighthouse  Hotel

Hi again from the Philippines! The last week has been really busy in an awesome traveler's way, and I have experienced so much in these few days. After coming back to Cebu on Sunday afternoon I checked into my hotel room for the next couple of days, and waited there for my boyfriend's flight to arrive. Finally he also had gotten his holiday, and after a night in Seoul he was finally on his way to the Philippines. Since I have been living in Korea the last semester we have only had the chance to see each other a couple of times, but now that it is holiday I get to spend a whole month with him before school starts! :D
After a laid-back day on the beach we spent the last day of 2012 clubbing in an area of Cebu called Mango Avenue, which is known for its bars and clubs. It was a memorable and fun evening with a lot of dancing!
Now it seems that we are facing yet another new year, let's hope 2013 will be as great as 2012.
My goals for the new year includes: 1. Mastering Korean, 2. Finish both my thesis 3. Pass my school's comprehensive exam, 4. Graduate, 5. Find a job!!! 화이팅!
I do also hope that I get the chance to continue experiencing interesting adventures, and I hope you'll stay in tuned with my blog and read about what I'm up to in the big world.
I wish you all a happy and prosperous new year! ;D

• All blogposts from Southeast Asia
• All blogposts from the Philippines
• Volunteering in the Philippines with Rise Above Cebu
• Volunteering with Rise Above in the Philippines: Dental Mission!
• Christmas at Ayala Shopping Center with the Rise Above Foundation
• Sightseeing in the Philippines: Swimming with Whale Sharks in Oslob
• Sightseeing in Bohol: Day-trip to the Chocolate Hills & Tarsier Watching
• Diving in the Philippines: Balicasag - the Diver's Heaven and the Marine Sanctuary
• Sightseeing in the Philippines: Weekend Trip to Iloilo!
• HumanHeartNature: Filipino Ecological Skincare!
• New Year Greeting from the Philippines!
• [Hotel Reviews] Philippines: A night at an aquarium - Hotel H2O

Thank you for reading! Please feel free to leave any comments or questions below
- Anette

The holiday so far has been really nice; on Christmas Eve our friend and buddy Shimpei had arranged a Christmas party at his place, so in the end we had Japanese hot-pot (nabe) for our Christmas dinner of 2011. Besides Christmas and a couple of days at the school library I spent most of the last week of 2011 in Kobe with Yuma and his family.

Christmas party @ Shimpei's place

 On the 29th it was time for my 23rd birthday. It was quite a birthday out of the ordinary, because I spent the morning hours watching a show featuring myself on TV Osaka..! For those of you who have read my blog you might also have seen that I was one of the lucky girls elected to work as a shrine maiden in the Toka Ebisu-festival i Osaka 9-11th of January, and so the 29th was the day they had decided to air the TV-part of the election process. Hahaha, it was kind of embarrassing to watch it. I was so nervous I messed up parts of my self-appeal, and one could almost see me shaking. Anyway, I might post the video here on my blog if it ends up on youtube in the future.
Besides the whole TV-thing I had a pretty relaxed birthday, all in good company!

Birthday present and cake!

Pinkish chocolate cake

 On the 31st of December Yuma and me went back to Kyoto to celebrate the New Years Eve with some of our friends there. We met up at Kamogawa, and went to one of our favorite bars in town: the British Pub called the Hub. What can I say.. it was pretty crowded, especially when the countdown started!

The Hub - Kyoto's British pub

A lot of people spent their last hours of 2011 in this pub..

Kampai!

A rather blurry picture showing all the people joining in the New Year countdown..

After having spent some hours here we decided it was time to move on to a new location. The only problem was that recently a lot of the clubs in town has been shut down, so there is not really a lot of places to go. Therefore we were quite happy when we discovered that the Zaza Pub actually has quite a big dance floor on the second floor! And it does not even cost anything to enter, as it would had at the clubs. Party, party all night:).

And so another year has gone by... Let's hope that the new year will be even better than the last one! So far I have to say that the new year has been pretty good, I better keep it up! From tomorrow I will however be spending most of my days in the library again, I've got a lot of assignments that needs to be done before I can have my spring holiday in February.

今年も宜しくね☆！