Vienna

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History class was never my favorite, but whenever WWII was the topic it was all of a sudden an interesting subject. I especially loved the movies or documentaries dealing with the war. I think it’s mostly this that I have …

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Beograd

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So after a pretty good 8 hour train ride to Sofia where we got to stretch across the seats, and a not so good 8 hour train ride to Belgrade, Serbia (in an outdated train from the 70’s with velvet …

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Bulgariaaahh

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We were sad to leave such an amazing country but a new and unexpected city lay in front. Varna hugs the Bulgarian coast along the charming black sea, which is actually all we knew about it when we made the …

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Istanbul

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Throughout our travels and even before they began people had been telling us we needed to see Istanbul. It is split in two, a European side and an Asian side and the convergence of cultures has created a hybrid society …

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“ll be here a while, ain’t goin nowhere”

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As we pulled into the port of Santorini it was clear why this is one of the most popular Greek Isles. The historic volcanic eruption that took place nearly 3500 years ago has carved out a dramatic coast with steep …

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Athens

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FINALLY….we arrived in Athens where we found out there were no more ferries to the islands. At this point, we were pretty afraid (after Mum’s numerous emails about ATHENS RIOTING!!!!) Haha thanks for looking out Mum! But it was actually …

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Our adventures through Albania and into Greece!

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The next two days of our life was pretty much spent in buses! Our first bus ride was to the southern tip of Montenegro..to a town called Bar. The whole time we were traveling, Zlatan was talking about how horrible …

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Dubrovnik!!

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To get to the camp site we had to make a 5km trek around the harbor and up a hill. When we arrived we found that it was outrageously priced; no view, no good ground to set up and they …

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Travels with Klaus and Hter

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After a lovely day at the park, we returned with Klaus and Hter to Senj…first stopping a very cute and quaint little restaurant and watermill down the road! It was really beautiful and they caught all their fish fresh before …

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Venezia

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When we arrived to Venice, a major hub for Italy, the train station was CRAZY because of all the cancelled flights! We were going to try and book a night train to Zagreb, but the line was just too long, …

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