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Bulan Oktober hampir selesai, tapi masih ada satu bulan lagi sebelum musim gugur tergantikan magisnya musim dingin . Meskipun lahir di musim semi, tapi saya suka hembusan semilir angin dingin-dingin empuk dan dedaunan garing yang hanya ada di musim gugur. Berikut lima alasan mengapa saya menyukai musim gugur dan kamu juga harus menyukainya! 1. Musim paling berwarna sepanjang tahun Walaupun negara terbaik menikmati musim gugur adalah Kanada, namun beberapa jenis pepohonan yang ada di Eropa juga mulai terlihat cantik berganti warna di pertengahan musim. Mata kita yang tadinya teduh dan sejuk melihat pepohonan hijau di musim panas, menjadi lebih syahdu dan hangat ketika melihat hijaunya daun tergantikan warna merah, kuning, dan cokelat, hingga akhirnya gugur dan memenuhi tanah. Makna epiknya, entah kenapa sesuatu yang mati justru terlihat indah. Musim gugur juga mengajarkan kita untuk merelakan sesuatu yang memang harusnya pergi hingga tergantikan lagi yang baru. Heart struck...

Danes are heavy alcohol drinkers at night, but slowly coffee sipper during the day. They know how to make quality time with friends, families, the loved ones, or even dates, just by a cup of coffee. Not only with companies, I've spotted some loners also enjoy their hygge-time with Macs or books in the middle of cafés. To be honest, I'm not a fan of coffee. Instead of ordering coffee with the latte, I will choose chai latte as always. But, what's the real fun of sipping my chai latte in town while I can make it at home all the time? Well, it's about tasty dishes, latte art, plush armchairs and a relaxed atmosphere with locals! The fundamentals of good coffee shops can be many. But Copenhagen's best ones must undoubtedly be something special to beat an unusually strong field of cool coffee shops and glorious fun spots. The best coffee in town is probably what coffee lovers looking for. But since I'm not, I always try to go to places where I can sip my chai an...

"Semua cowok itu sama!" No! Tunggu sampai kalian kenalan dan bertemu dengan cowok-cowok tampan namun dingin di Eropa Utara. Tanpa bermaksud menggeneralisasi para cowok ini, ataupun mengatakan saya paling ekspert, tapi cowok Skandinavia memang berbeda dari kebanyakan cowok lain di Eropa. Meskipun negara Skandinavia hanya Norwegia, Denmark, dan Swedia, namun Finlandia dan Islandia adalah bagian negara Nordik, yang memiliki karakter yang sama dengan ketiga negara lainnya. Tinggal di bagian utara Eropa dengan suhu yang bisa mencapai -30 derajat saat musim dingin, memang mempengaruhi karakter dan tingkah laku masyarakatnya. Orang-orang Eropa Utara cenderung lebih dingin terhadap orang asing, ketimbang orang-orang yang tinggal di kawasan yang hangat seperti Italia atau Portugal. Karena hanya mendapatkan hangatnya matahari tak lebih dari 3-5 minggu pertahun, masyarakat Eropa Utara lebih banyak menutup diri, diam, dan sedikit acuh. Tapi jangan salah, walaupun dingin dan hampa...

Bermula dari niat yang belum ingin pulang kampung ke Indonesia, tiba-tiba saya dikagetkan dengan kiriman tiket pesawat dari kakak yang ada di Palembang. Sebelumnya memang beliau sudah tahu kalau saya masih beralasan tidak punya uang untuk pulang. Namun karena rasa sayangnya (uhukk), sebulan sebelum keberangkatan saya sudah dikirimi tiket pesawat yang tidak tanggung-tanggung, kelas bisnis! Maskapai yang dipilihnya pun bukan maskapai sembarangan, Singapore Airlines. Saya yang kere ini, harus kaget ketika tahu berapa harga tiket pergi yang harus beliau bayar melalui tagihan kartu kreditnya. Perbedaannya bisa sampai 4 kali lipat dari tiket kelas ekonomi.

When writing this article, I'm admittedly hungry and craving for Ramen. It's been over a month since I've never eaten out with my girls again. We're totally busy with new boyfriends, summer vacation, working, and also another reason we never talk honestly. Longing for spending some money to dine out, makes me getting bored of something in the refrigerator. It always ends up with salmon (and salmon). Duh! So what to do with Ramen? Yes, because Japanese restaurant does only exist in Copenhagen and I'm living about 11 km away. Sadly, I had to be forlorn just eating cereal tonight. Although I can call the restaurant and ask for delivery, but the area where I live is too far away. The average food can be delivered is only pizza or sushi around here. All right, so this the fate living in the suburbs. Sort of experiences of living in big cities, suburbs, and had also lived in the countryside for 7 months in Belgium, allow me to make a comparison of the ups and downs ...

November last year, when I returned to Belgium and waited for a train to Brussels from Charleroi, I sat in the empty chair next to an old man in the lobby. The old man was ready to open his lunch box, when I glimpsed, they were bread and bacon. Hose ten minutes later, the old man suddenly greeted me with a friendly smile, " Bonjour, madamoiselle. " I turned toward him and inevitably greeted back with a stiff smile. From that time, the conversation with the old man began. The old man was initially asked about my origins in French. But since I already stammered to answer the question, finally the old man is willing to change to Dutch. (FYI, I learned Dutch and French when I was in Belgium.) Unfortunately, he did not stop babbling and made his meal spurting everywhere. Like a police inspector (or might be just try to be nice), randomly I asked about his life then get an answer by turned lonely after being left by his wife. The longer, this old man also spoke in louder voic...

Came to Copenhagen about a year ago, I was a bit skeptical with this tiny city. What Copenhagen have beside the landmark colorful port? I had asked a local guy in Tinder and he just replied firmly, "depends on what do you want. Check out those plenty of bars!" Okay, bars are everywhere I guess. Like any other capital cities in Europe, Copenhagen also has lots of museum and some sightseeing places (where I think a bit boring). I actually don't really like museums and any ancient building like castle or old church. What I enjoy is visiting places where the locals are, mingling with them while relaxing, and not always have to check must-visit box all the time. Almost a year, back and forth Herlev-Copenhagen, I realized Copenhagen is totally monotonous. Since my place only have buses going to Nørreport Station, so this is the most comfortable route I prefer to catch the town. But, this is also tremendously tedious by stopping in Norreport station or Strøget, strolling alo...