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New Year’s posts

Browse through more than 10 years of travel reviews and New Year cards!

For our Kyoto travel guide book, we went to Katsuoji temple in 2024 - a temple near Osaka famous for its many Daruma dolls!
New Year's posts

The year 2024 in review – Westwards travel highlights

by Westwards / 31 December 202431 December 2024

Time is flying, another year ends, and it is time to look back on our travels over the last year, …

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Kanda Myojin in Akihabara, Tokyo
New Year's posts, Travel thoughts

Westwards travel highlights 2023 – the year in review

by Westwards / 31 December 202317 February 2024

It is this time of the year again when we look back on our life and travels during the last …

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Happy New Year 2023!
New Year's posts, Uncategorized

Happy New Year 2023!

by Westwards / 1 January 20231 January 2023

新年明けましておめでとうございます!All the best for 2023!Frohes Neues Jahr 2023! Please have a look at our travel review 2022 (and a general …

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Monkey looking back from the Rock of Gibraltar monkey: our travel review 2022
New Year's posts

A look back at 2022 – our 2022 travel review

by Westwards / 31 December 20222 January 2023

It is this time of the year again when we take a look back at our travel year: After two …

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Happy New Year 2022 - Year of the Tiger
New Year's posts

Happy New Year 2022!

by Westwards / 1 January 202211 January 2022

新年明けましておめでとうございますWe wish you all the best for the New Year 2022! Alles Gute für 2022! May this year be better …

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Overgrown ride in Berlin's Spreepark
New Year's posts

This was 2021 – travel highlights and more

by Westwards / 29 December 202131 December 2021

We had hoped for 2021 to turn out better than 2020. And for a few weeks, after the second vaccination, …

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Ox cart with 2021 sign
New Year's posts

Happy New Year 2021 – Year of the Ox

by Westwards / 31 December 202031 July 2021

Travel Review 2020 We wish you a happy and healthy New Year! As always, we conclude the previous year with …

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Sheep on Vatersay island
New Year's posts

2019: Our year in travel

by Westwards / 12 January 202027 March 2021

The year started out quite busy travelwise, but our 2019 travels slowed down a bit between the end of August …

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New year card with mouse
New Year's posts

Happy New Year 2020

by Westwards / 1 January 202027 March 2021

Happy New Year! 明けましておめでとうございます! Alles Gute für 2020, das Jahr der Maus! Our first travel guidebook – “Japan” by Stefan …

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Locals relaxing under palm trees at Lome beach
New Year's posts

2018 – This was our year in travels

by Westwards / 29 December 201823 March 2021

As always, we had a busy year – with not as much travelling as we might have wished, but still …

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