When it comes to travel, I can be labelled as many things. An adventurer. A backpacker. A foreigner. Poor. I don’t wear running shoes with bright white socks and khaki capris nor do stay in high-priced hotels and take a tour bus everywhere. I arrive with a bank account that is embarrassing, unlike my wardrobe which is chic (nuh uh). I […]
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Perusing Pinterest as one does looking to excite your travel senses and you see “The Ultimate Guide to Travelling Europe for under $350”. Since you’re having sleep for dinner tonight but love to travel, your interest is certainly peaked. You eagerly click on the article, hungry for dinner but also hungry for the secrets buried inside this seemingly scrumptious
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Venice Carnival. Picture those elaborate Venetian costumes coupled with the perfect backdrop of the Gran Canal. Naturally, this was on our This is Happening List. Now at this point and time we were so poor. Not the fake poor that rich people complain about but proper poor. At the point where we almost ate ice cube soup paired
I was 25 and that is the last age that you get a discount on Eurail train tickets so I bought one. Seeing as I was still considered a “youth”, I was free of all responsibilities and if I said or did dumb things it was okay. (I am sure someone else besides me thinks that statement
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American child actors. I didn’t know that was a thing until I met one in Spilt, Croatia who happened to star in some chocolate bar commercial… That Milky Way led him straight into a cocaine habit. Apparently, that one commercial years prior made him enough money to travel around Europe for some time while enjoying his
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I was getting comfy in my China Airlines seat perusing through the movie selection when the screen turns to the image of that map… the one with the insanely disproportionate plane which is larger than Russia. I studied it briefly. Hmmmm apparently I was making a stopover in Taiwan… for 13 hours. Where is Taiwan
Normally, I enjoy heading down that dodgy unbeaten path as much as the next backpacker; festivals are the exception to this. This is one time where more IS merrier, throw in some alcohol and you have yourself a good time. Queen’s Day/ King’s Day- Amsterdam, Netherlands Date of Awesomeness: April 26 2014 Queen’s night is
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So you’re in that classic situation where you’ve just spent all your hard-earned money on travelling and now you’ve come back home, completely broke. I am sure some a**hole has recently made some stupid comment to you, about how “life experiences can’t pay the rent”. Hopefully, your travels have matured you enough and you’ve refrained
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Amsterdam is such a babe. Check her out. Museum Card I am not much of a museum person but I do like savings which is what prompted me to buy one of these cards. You can buy them at the Rijksmuseum and various other museums. Just wait in the normal lineup. I think it was
Dual Citizenship is total badass. It means two countries love you so much they BOTH want to call you their own. It is every child’s dream. A few cautionary details- depending on the country, you may have to enlist in military service or other cumbersome things of that nature. Also, be aware of the rules
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