Probably 11 years ago now (gross), we used the everywhere feature on Skyscanner. Sweden was the cheapest on the list. We learned this would be the only cheap thing about Sweden. Oh, how we learned! getting from the airport to stockholm We took the direct train from the Sweden airport into the city, and I […]
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This is a throwback of ultimate throwbacks. Back in 2015, I went to the Venice of the Netherlands- Geithoorn. The town of no roads is a solid 2+ hours by public transport from Amsterdam each way, so prepare for a wild adventure. I’ve used the words wild adventure instead of “mild shittiness” for obvious reasons.
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Taking the bus from Prizren to Skopje was smooth sailing, or whatever you say for a bus. If you’re missing the 90s when everyone could smoke everywhere. Inside, outside, upside- just head to Kosovo and Macedonia. These Balkan countries are one big ashtray. I saw the odd sign to not smoke, but I think people
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I heard that things get a little dicey between Serbia and Kosovo. Rumour on the backpacker scene is that you can go from Serbia to Kosovo without any problems, but not the other way around. Apparently, since you have a stamp in your passport, you’d get denied crossing the border because Serbia doesn’t recognise Kosovo
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Every time I think of Serbia I think of Siberia and I don’t know what to do about it. Please help. I headed here/ there/wherever it is called December 2024/January 2025. On my quest to travel to every European country, my travels took me to: belgrade, serbia airport I downloaded this car:go app ahead of
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I flew into Zurich to get to Liechtenstein so I could visit every country in Europe. After I walked across a country (what a flex!), I spent a night or two in Zurich to get my money’s worth of flying all that way (just over an hour flight) from Amsterdam. I’d been to Swizzy before,
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I walked across a country! I may have walked on a flat, paved road with sidewalks. It may have been the 6th smallest country in the world. I may have chosen the smallest point to point of the country. Bet you bet your bottom dollar, I walked across Liechtenstein! High five a million angels! I
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I entered a Bradt travel writing competition where the theme was the kindness of strangers. I didn’t even make the top 16. Humbled by rejection LOL The Weight of a Grain of Rice It started with a mosquito bite smaller than a dot on a grain of rice. I was in India, staring at my bare
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What’s the longest in advance you’ve made plans, but then cancelled them last minute? Mine is 9 months. Any millennial wish to challenge me? Hold your horses. I didn’t cancel my whole trip to Norway, but I made plans to hike Trolltunga (Trolls Tongue) and I had to cancel that mini adventure. Norway love’s those
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After arriving back in Stone Town, I needed to catch a ferry to the mainland. I had scoped out the ferry times when I was first in Stone Town and there seemed to be a couple companies and a few options for departure times. My flight back to Amsterdam left at midnight the following day
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