As part of my solo trip to Prague, I also visited Vienna. My now-husband and I were fortunate enough to explore Vienna about 14 years prior. The primary purpose of both Vienna visits was to see some dear family friends. On my first trip, we saw many of the popular tourist sites. This trip was…
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Prague blew me away. The city is full of stunning architecture, beautiful parks, and charm. I only spent 3 nights in the capital of Czechia and I would definitely return! It also felt like a city full of contradictions and extremes. While it is quirky and creative and whimsical, Prague also had more western chains,…
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The tour to Auschwitz and Birkenau was followed by an afternoon tour at the Wieliczka Salt Mine. It did feel a bit weird and inappropriate to do anything after visiting Auschwitz but it was also nice to see that human beings can create intricate, delicate, and beautiful things too. The mine is no longer used…
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To be truthful, I went back and forth for a few weeks before deciding to book my trip to Krakow. The trip would be just a few days before a two-week trip to Spain to hike a portion of the Camino and I was feeling a bit worn out from the amount of travel I…
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I was just ten years old when the Bosnian War started. Growing up in the idyllic surrounds of the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon, I was utterly unable to imagine what exactly was happening on the other side of the world in a war that was barely peaking into my consciousness. I knew it seemed…
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While visiting North Macedonia, I took a day trip to Lake Ohrid and the town of Ohrid. This, of course, meant renting another car. I was picking up and dropping off the car in downtown Skopje. The location given for the rental car company was a hotel about a mile or so from my airbnb.…
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I’ll admit to not really knowing anything about Macedonia or its capital, Skopje, before arriving in the Balkans. Skopje and a day trip to Ohrid were recommended by a guide friend of ours and, after doing a bit of research of my own, I was intrigued and booked a three-night trip to the Republic of…
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As part of my trip to Dubrovnik, I decided to rent a car and drive to Montenegro. I had a little over a day so I had to limit a bit of my exploring to a couple of places. But, before getting into the beauty of this Balkan country, I rented my first car internationally…
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My next solo trip was to Dubrovnik. Full disclosure: I am not a Game of Thrones fan and have only seen about half of one episode so none of this post will pertain to GoT (major parts of the series was filmed in Dubrovnik). I expected Dubrovnik to be pretty different from Zagreb but it…
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