I have a bad habit of not researching the places we go to (my dad told me to research our destinations once, but I only researched Ukraine in the end). A landmark is meaningless without knowing the story behind it. In Lithuania, I learned how interesting the backstories to some
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The question one asks when they enter Luxembourg is: Why am I here? Is it because of finance, the main source of Luxembourg’s GDP, is it for true tourism, visiting a country for its sights, or is it for a third reason? We were there because of that third reason:
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We’ve had two visits to Hungary, both to the capital, Budapest. Budapest is a place where you’ll never get bored with its many wonders and things to see. We had two trips to Budapest. Our first trip was a day trip in 2016. During that trip, we only used public
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Iceland is famously beautiful. We came to Iceland because of its beauty – its beautiful mountains, the waterfalls, scenic drives, geysers, and huge whales all drew us in. We also decided to go farther than the Golden circle, a drive containing a small area of Iceland. Instead, we went all
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5:00 AM: Wake up, eat food, and pack bags for the day 5:30 AM: Get to the ferry 5:45 AM: Arrive at the port and present tickets for the ship, then wait for entry 7:00 AM: Enter ship This was the plan for the morning we visited Finland. We drove
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France is a nation with nearly 70 million people. It is the third largest country in Europe with many regions. From Normandy to the French Riviera, to Alcace-Loraine. It would be practically impossible to cover the whole nation. We decided to cover what we could: Nice and Bordeaux for the
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Other than America, Germany is the nation we spent the longest amount of time in. For three years straight: 2016 all the way to 2018, I’ve visited the nation. So let’s cut straight to the chase: Our first trip to Germany was to two places in Germany: Berlin, which we
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Greece was an unexpectedly crazy trip. At first, there wasn’t even a plan to go to Greece. Then we thought about visiting Thessaloniki, but in the end, we decided on visiting Meteora, a group of monasteries on mountains. They are seriously beautiful, and perhaps are the second best tourist site
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We started our trip to Estonia with a drive. Through highways we made the relatively short trip from Riga to Tallinn (3-4 hours). “Are we there yet?” I asked, insanely bored. We had to make some sacrifices when it came to luggage, and as a result, I was only allowed
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Though we visited Denmark after Norway and Sweden, we actually spent time there in a layover, though it was an insignificant amount of time. Instead, I will talk about my second trip there, where we visited two places: Billund and Copenhagen. Most people reading this will recognize Copenhagen, the capital
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