Category: Backpacker
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Looking for Aurora
The lights, not the Disney princess (nobody wants to find her, she’s the most useless one). I’m already loving this journey and I haven’t even gotten to the airport yet. The plan: 2.15 hours of daylight- less when you count the sun doing its thing LOL I booked my first non-direct flight within Europe because…
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A Lille daytrip from Amsterdam
As I mentioned in my Christmas Market list, we ( I say we because I wrote this years ago) originally went to Lille for the purpose of seeing a Christmas market- sort of. On the NS international train website, we saw that it would be a nice day trip from Amsterdam (it’s 3.5 hours now…
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How to get the most out of Venice Carnival
IT’S CARNIVAL! I assume everyone read that in an uplifting Dr. Nick Simpson’s- esque tone. If not, you don’t know what you’re missing. Venice Carnival- the dates change every year but expect a two-week festival very late into January and into mid-February. Festivals don’t get much better than this. Elaborate Venetian costumes with the perfect…
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The Progression of Travel
It started out as me needing to be back in Europe. After a fantastic, HAlarious (this is how I used to think the word was spelt) time on my trip to Spain with my high school Spanish class in 2006, I was greedy for more. My first trip abroad without the folks or teachers was to Greece at 18 with my bestie.…
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Sintra
Sintra is just a short jaunt from Lisbon but packs a powerful punch to the gonads. The concentration of palaces, castles and forts is insane. Although you can’t see all in one day if you are doing it on the cheap, I think I chose the three top hits: Pena Palace, Castelo dos Mouros and…
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For The Love of Books
I adore bookshops. I am the type of person who actually does what they call reading. So when I decided to go to Portugal, I knew I needed to make my way to the Livraria Lello bookshop in Porto. What I didn’t know was that it is more of an amusement park attraction than a…
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Coimbra, Aveiro, Porto
When I galavanted around Portugal my route, again, was: Coimbra Coimbra is really something. Definitely worth a full day here. There is the oldest university in Portugal along with some twisting alleyways and a cool view of the layered town from the bridge. Rumour had it that the famous Old (Joanine) Library in the University…
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Portugal… Rocks
My complete 12-day route was: Faro Faro airport to town is not within walking distance but you can catch public transport bus number 16 which costs 2.35, (you purchase from the bus driver using cash). The last stop is the bus station and it is almost in the town centre, from there you can walk…
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Southern France Fresh
I scooted down to France for a little 10 day adventure. My train trip was as follows: City of Love Nothing makes you hate hand holding more than being single in the City of Love. However, I was re-reading Harry Potter so I was guaranteed to have a good time. So I did. I took…
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Every Damn Time
London has a billion airports- or, you know, six. Luton, Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Southend and City. Half of these you can’t even say are London airports because you basically land and then have to sit in the plane driving for a million hours, take public transport, then swim and twirl your way into actual London.…
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