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Some Gift Ideas That Don’t Suck and Do Some Good
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‘Tis the season of giving. We are opting out of holiday gifts this year and it is hard. I love finding gifts for friends and family, but it definitely comes with a little stress and pressure also if you can’t find something for every person on your list. I’m hoping…
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Berlin Christmas Markets
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After our amazing experience in Leipzig, we hooked on the German Christmas market experience. Berlin is a city we’ve always wanted to explore and it worked out to be on our way back west. When we did research on the Berlin Christmas markets, we found out that there are more…
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A Guide to the Leipzig Christmas Market
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It’s time to highlight one of the oldest and one of the largest Christmas markets in Germany. The Leipzig Christmas market dates back to 1458 and is laid out through the streets of the city center. Unlike the multiple locations of the markets in Vienna, you can wander through all…
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Wroclaw: Four Reasons We Adored This Stunning Polish City
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Poland was a popular return when I searched for budget-friendly countries in Europe. We knew very little about it, but that was the case with so many of the places that we added to our itinerary. Wroclaw was an add based on location and lodging price. It would help us…
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Month 8 Stats & Recap
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Countries Visited 7 – Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, Austria and Germany How We Got Around 0 flights! Woohoo! 8 Train rides 3 taxi rides – there were a couple long hikes to train stations at weird hours of the night and we decided to spring for a cab instead…
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Prague’s Left Bank
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Prague is set beautifully on a winding river with the town spreading across both banks. Old town and many of the popular places to visit are on one side of the river. Across the famous Charles Bridge (or one of the many others) on Prague’s left bank, you will find…
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A Guide for the Vienna Christmas Markets
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After months of traveling around Europe, we are finally ready to kick off our Christmas season. We have to make our way to Amsterdam by December 13th, so we pulled out a map and made a plan. That plan was to visit a few Christmas markets along our journey west.…
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Thankful
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Yesterday was Thanksgiving in the United States. While many of our friends and family were eating huge meals, sharing their gratitude and spending quality time together, we were just having a crap day. We had bad luck with trains, awkward interactions with people, illness and a very long walk in…
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Things I Love in Prague’s Old Town
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Having a week in Prague meant that we got to slowly explore instead of trying to fit all the highlights into two days. Justin shared the major tourist spots already, so I wanted to share a few photos of some of our favorite spots we found in Prague’s Old Town.…
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Things to Know Before Traveling to Australia
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Spending a month in Australia wasn’t on our original plan at all. When we were originally planning our trip, we knew that we could swing a couple weeks there to celebrate Steph’s mom’s birthday. The closer we got to that date, it became clear that making the jump from Australia…
