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. travel when I was 18 My first trip abroad without the folks or teachers was to Greece
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After living in Amsterdam for 6 years, I decided to quit my decent-paying, secure, stable job and move to the UK. When some people want to spice up their life they switch from decaf to regular coffee, not me. I toyed with the idea of London (too expensive and my main goal was to live
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A York day trip from Edinburgh is totally doable but it is a long day since it is 2.5 hours each way on the train (maybe shorter if you bought a more expensive train ticket) but I spent 38 pound return and booked about a week in advance through Raileurope. I looked at a few
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Itinerary (October 12-28): My arrival into Vietnam, Da Nang and Hoi An are covered in my first Vietnam post. Hue To get to Hue from Hoi An, you need to go back to Da Nang and catch a train from there or you can take a bus, but I think you have to change buses
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Flew into Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam for my 15 night stay. Itinerary (October 12-28): I have to say, Vietnam, your food is scrumptious. Ho Chi Minh airport arrival What seems like a lifetime ago, I wrote about getting a Vietnam visa because you do probably need one if you fly into a Vietnam airport. Everything
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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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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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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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My complete 12-day Portugal 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
I scooted down to southern France for a little 10 day adventure. My route: 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 my book to the
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