Category: Travel
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Mama Mia! It’s Zakynthos and Kefalonia
Greece is one of my favs. This time around we picked a place where we could fly non-stop from Amsterdam. One of the few islands where this was the case back in 2016 was Zakynthos. I Googled the island and after seeing Navagio Beach (Shipwreck Beach) I yelled TAKE MY MONEY because I was sold.…
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Amsterdam wrapped up
After a covid-y cock up where I moved to Edinburgh, back to the fam-jam in Canada, to England, and then back to Amsterdam – I am currently living in the EXACT room where I stayed 5 years ago (good thing I don’t compare myself to other people or I would be so embarrassed right now).…
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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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Make sure to wear some flowers in your hair
More like if you’re going to San Francisco make sure to avoid the Tenderloin area. Now calling an area of the city Tenderloin makes it sound like it will be delicious and juicy- but fool us once- it is in fact the spot with the highest crime rate and homelessness issues in this golden city.…
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Little town, it’s a quiet village
I wanted to go to Colmar since the day I was born and so I went last weekend. Although I prefer trains, the 8+ hour journey and hefty price tag forced me to take a plane from Amsterdam. The closest/ easiest connection to Colmar is either Basel, Switzerland or Strasbourg, France. Sort by price =…
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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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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas markets
It’s that time of year again. Yup, I completely ignored the fact that I haven’t written in 2 million years but let’s just all stop bringing that up. Wintertime in Europe is idyllic. Yes, the weather is sub-par in most countries, but the December days bring Christmas markets. Some are well-known ones like Cologne, Germany-…
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Day trip from Cambridge by public transport: Ely
I’m going to casually slide this post in here, acting like I didn’t have a million-year hiatus from writing. It’s fine. I’m fine. We are all doing fine. The last thing I remember was living in Cambridge so let’s relive that for a hot minute. Ely is crazy close to Cambridge and is one of…
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Day trip from Cambridge by public transport: Bury St Edmunds and Lavenham
Cambridge is not the most convenient hub for day trips using public transport. I’ve found that out through hours of research resulting in carpal tunnel. You end up needing to travel south back through London in order to get to other destinations. That’s not to say it can’t be done- but expect 1.5-3 hours by…
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Flying in the time of Covid
Who does she think she is travelling during a time of non-essential travel? Don’t get upset- I’m flying from Canada to the United Kingdom because of work. I’ve also had my first dose of the vaccine. This entire time, I’ve avoided all non-essential travel despite the plane-shaped hole that not being able to travel has…
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