About the travel blog

I’m Sarah, and I harbor a deep love for both travel and photography. My passion lies in crafting artistic representations of my journeys, which I share to fuel your wanderlust and equip you with valuable travel insights.

Blend these elements together, and what emerges is my vibrant travel blog!

But what makes this travel blog unique?

For individuals like myself, who lead busy lives, travel serves as the ultimate escape, providing a respite from the daily hustle and bustle. It offers a profound sense of freedom, rejuvenating us with inspiration and replenishing our energy.

My mission is to ignite your wanderlust, especially for those who work tirelessly. I achieve this by offering comprehensive travel guides, carefully crafted itineraries, as well as insider recommendations to trendy and unique destinations.

By doing so, I aim to reduce the time and effort required to plan your trips, allowing you to make the most of your well-deserved vacation.

About Sarah

I grew up in Zomergem, a small village close to Ghent in Belgium. As a child I went on vacation with my parents every year. From my mother I inherited the sense of adventure and the desire to discover new places. My father taught me to enjoy good, local food and to look for that little bit more luxury in the search for a perfect stay. These are still important attributes that I still carry with me when I travel.

Later I enjoyed traveling with friends. I also discovered my passion for photography. Everywhere I went I took my camera with me. Fascinated by travel, landscapes and culture, I studied to be a history and religion teacher. I didn’t like teaching in these subjects. That’s why I chose to work as a special education teacher. During my 11 years as a teacher, I also studied a master’s degree in educational sciences. I am a big believer in lifelong learning in every way possible. Over the years I also learned myself to photograph, edit photos, everything about social media marketing and SEO, and I also followed numerous courses on these subject.

Photography and social media became my creative outlet. And not much later this blog was added. These channels grew very fast and soon I was invited on press trips and I worked together with various tourist offices, hotels, PR offices, brands,… A new world opened up for me and I enjoyed it to the fullest.

couple kissing on the mountains in Seceda South Tyrol

‘How I made my passion my job’

apple picking in Trentino

Because we travel so much and stay in the most unique accommodations, it started to itch to do something more with this. Since Jan (my fiancé) worked on the coast and wanted to move there, we decided to buy an authentic Belle époque villa in De Panne. We renovated this completely and rent it out partly as a holiday home called ‘Maison Botanique‘.

Due to the combination of working, studying, renovating and blogging, I found it increasingly difficult to maintain a healthy balance. My creative outlet faded into the background and this made me very unhappy. In 2021 I had to take some time to catch my breath. The doctor called it a ‘burn out’. I had never felt so bad mentally and physically, and realized I had to change something in my life.

I made a difficult decision not to start as a teacher in September 2021, but to develop my own business in which I  express my creative talents more. I decided to expand my existing range of social media and blog promotion offers with  content creation/photography for businesses in the travel & hospitality industry Are you curious how I can help you? View my complete offer here!

The bucketlist

Since childhood I dream of traveling and discovering the world as much as possible. Luckily I found a partner who loves to travel as much as I do. At the start of this blog, we made a bucket list with places we would like to discover. And the more we go out to explore, the longer our bucket list gets. Because time and again we are surprised by new countries, regions and accommodations which make us want to experience even more. Follow along and see how we try to make our dreams come true.

Africa

Antartica

  • Antartica cruise

Asia

  • Overnight in a Yurt in Mongolia
  • 14- day trek to Mount Everest Base Camp
  • Cross the Zhangjiajieglass Bridge and great wall of China
  • Spring or fall in Japan
  • Temple hopping in Bagan in Myanmar (July 2017, Bagan)
  • See the Taj Mahal India. (December 2019, Agra)
  • The temples of Angkor Wat Cambodia
  • Cruising the streets of Bangkok in a Tuktuk (July 2017, Bangkok)
  • Take a street food tour in Hanoi
  • Visit the Phraya Nakhon Cave in Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand (July 2017, Hua Hin)

Australia

  • Backpacking in the Australian Outback

Eurasia

  • balloon flight above Cappadocia
  • The Trans-Siberian Express train

Europe

North America

Oceania

  • Enjoy a luxury resort on a Polynesian island
  • Milfort sound and Fiordland national park

South America

  • Rum tasting in Cuba
  • Hike the incatrail to Macu Picchu
  • Visit the Aztec ruins in Mexico​​​​​​​
  • Rafting under the Iguazu Falls in Brazil
  • Taking pictures on the Uyuni salt plain
  • Perito moreno glacier