It required an early wake up call, but watching the sun rise over the fjords while cruising along the Norwegian coast from Trondheim to Tromso was well worth it!
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One of the things I was anticipating the most during my travels was the opportunity to do homestays – living with local families, learning about their culture and sharing a little of my own. Unfortunately, they haven’t quite gone as well as I hoped. The latest chapter? Living with a seventy-year old woman named Alevtyna
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When people think of Ukraine, they tend to think of the capital city with the golden-domed churches: Kiev. While I enjoyed Kiev, I really fell in love with Ukraine during the two weeks I spent exploring the western part of the country. Lviv My first stop after Kiev was Lviv – the pseudo
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While in Irkutsk, Russia, I stumbled upon a slew of cats outside of a church. Being the cat lover that I am, I couldn’t help but spend a good 10-15 minutes playing with them and taking a lot of pictures! They were all adorable, but this guy and his mesmerizing blue eyes especially stood out.
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Welcome back to the BootsnAll Indie Travel Challenge 2012!* You may have noticed, I missed a couple weeks. To be honest, I wasn’t feeling super inspired by the last few prompts and I didn’t want to force a blog post that I just wasn’t into. But here we are in Week 9 with a prompt
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As you read this, I will hopefully be sailing along in the middle of the Black Sea to my next destination – Batumi, Georgia! I say hopefully because the ferry I am taking is notoriously unreliable so I can only hope that we actually set sail on time. Regardless, I have hit the six month
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As soon as I saw the subject line in the email, I knew it was bad news. I paused a minute or two before opening but that wasn’t enough to prepare me for what I was about to read: I am so sorry to have to break this news by email when you’re away, but
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Spending nearly two weeks in Vilnius, I felt like I had a great chance to get to know this Baltic capital and it quickly became my favorite of the three. I was also fortunate to be provided with a 72-Hour City Card from the Vilnius Tourist Information Centre, which gave me the motivation and opportunity
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Five years ago I experienced winter in Europe for the first time when I hit the slopes in Saalbach, Austria. While I probably enjoyed the apres ski part more than the actual skiing, the gondola rides to the top and the views from the mountain made every minute worthwhile.
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Now that I have been on the road almost six months, I thought I would take a look back at my original packing list and share how it has held up. What have I tossed and what have I replaced? Here is the packing list I posted back in August as I prepared
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