Category: Europe
England to Iraq Overland
Returning to England in 2021 after six years in China was a bit of a shock to the system. After...
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Now for Something Completely Different: Hiking in the UK
Actually, I’m not sure you’d call it hiking—maybe trekking, or even … well … walking. Sure, it...
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Finding the Bogs Outside of Riga Latvia
It’s not often that there are more highlights outside of a small country’s capital...
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A Break from CoVid-19 in Finland
As the fireworks exploded over Kalajoki Finland, I reflected on the past two weeks of travel, how...
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Borjomi vs. Atlanta: A Tale of Two Georgias
August 8, 2022: People ask me here sometimes, as they often do of foreigners everywhere, where...
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Bucharest: What a difference a decade makes!
My first trip to Bucharest, twenty years after the end of Communism, and I'm among few...
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Finding Warmth when Amalfi is Cold
My thick sweater and blue jeans reflected the London winter I left several hours before. Amalfi’s...
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A Few Solo Female Travel Tips
Since I was little, I dreamed of seeing the world. I grew up Googling pictures of ancient sites,...
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The Sixth Village of the Cinque Terra
The ferry boat glided out of the harbor of La Spezia beginning my journey to the famous 5 villages...
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Minsk, Belarus: Different, Beautiful,
and a Little Bit Soviet
Curious to see what life was like under Communism — but not by way of an artificially...
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Toledo: The World’s Finest Swords
It was a sunny yet cold morning in the ancient town of Toledo, Spain. I could feel the tourists’...
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Walking Montepulciano
“Hear, all ye drinkers! Give ear, and give faith, to our edict divine –...
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