Last week I received an email that made me smile. Hi, Katie. I just wanted to tell you that your blog is awesome, and because of that, when I was given a blog “award” today and asked to pass it on, you were one of the first people I thought of. I hope you don’t […]
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A year ago at this time, I didn’t know what the Travel Blog Exchange (TBEX) was. Last June, all I had was a WordPress.com blog with about two posts to my name. I was still two months away from purchasing my domain name and switching to a self-hosted blog and about six months away from
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Budapest is probably one of my top 3 or 4 cities in Europe, up there with Rome, Berlin and Paris. I could easily go back again and again. And while you probably wouldn’t think of Hungary as providing an excellent culinary experience, two of my five favorite things about Budapest are food-related.
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If you have ever been to Europe, chances are you have probably taken a train at some point. They are generally a quick and easy way to move between cities (or countries!). But when you are planning your train travel, how do you know you’re getting the best deal? It seems a lot of first-time travelers to Europe automatically assume that getting a rail pass or otherwise booking your train tickets through Rail Europe is the way to go. Sure, it’s easy – the web site is in English, the currency is in dollars and you can feel secure that you are all set ahead of time.
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This week marks exactly 10 years since I loaded up a moving van in Minneapolis and drove seven hours south to make a new home in Chicago. In the decade that I’ve lived here, a lot has changed but one of the constants is that summer is undoubtedly the best time of year in the
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Being of Norwegian descent, visiting the land of my roots was a real treat for me. After learning about my ancestors in Selbu, Norway and experiencing the midnight sun in Tromso, my final stop was the capital, Oslo. This was where I really felt like I got a sense of the history of the country,
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It was still dark outside when I stepped into the back of a white van idling in front of my Zamalek hotel. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a little (okay, a lot) nervous. Here I was, my second day in Egypt, getting into a van with two Egyptian men to drive me
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Ten years ago, right about this time, I was starting to think about taking a “post-bar trip.” I was about to graduate law school and take the bar exam. I would have about six weeks free between taking the bar and starting my law firm job – the perfect time to take my first trip
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Never heard of Trier? You probably are not alone. I have to admit, I wasn’t too familiar with it myself (if at all) before I started researching a trip to Germany. Despite that, it ended up being one of the highlights of my trip –possibly because it feels a lot more Italian than German. Which
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I have been trying to write this post for two weeks. I thought it would be easy. I thought I would quickly summarize how the performance went and how I felt about the whole experience while it was all fresh in my mind. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case. I’ll blame it partly on the fact
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