Tag: things to do
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Swimming in Dubrovnik
If you’re visiting Dubrovnik in warmer weather and fancy a swim, there are several different locations to choose from. Seeing as it was pretty chilly, we didn’t want to go out of our way to find a nearby beach when there were several just outside of the Old Town walls that would suit us just…
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Sight Seeing in Split, Croatia
In recent years, Croatia has probably become most well known as the set location for the ever popular HBO series “Game of Thrones”. While the show films most extensively in Dubrovnik, the crowd of wildly intoxicated fans wandering the streets on the night of our arrival made it very clear that any large city would…
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Visiting Plitvice Lakes National Park
One of the first things I noticed when traveling to Croatia was that there was a concentrated effort by their tourism board to move visitors from the popular cities of Split and Dubrovnik to more inland cities. While I didn’t get the memo when I booked my hotel stays, I did make sure to book…
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Manchester, England
Working our way down from York, Manchester was the next stop on our meandering trip through England. What was once the world’s largest marketplace for cotton goods during the British Industrial Revolution, Manchester has gone through an extensive transformation over the past few decades. Large sections of the city have been modernized and old cotton…
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DIY Tolkien Tour
Although the Lord of the Rings movies have irrevocably entangled the novels with the country of New Zealand, J.R.R Tolkien spent much of his youth in Birmingham, England, which has proudly claimed many of his childhood haunts as inspiration for various scenes in the famous stories. As a Lord of the Rings enthusiast (who’s already…
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Visiting Valparaiso
Just about an hour and a half outside of Chile’s capitol city, Valparaiso sits proudly along the Pacific coast as one of Chile’s most historically and culturally significant towns, making an excellent option for a day trip.
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How to Spend a Day on the Chicago River
While Chicago is know for its windy and wild winters, its summers more than make up for the frosty seasons. I took my first trip to Chicago in August, and the warm weather had me sticking close to the Chicago River for the entire day.
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A City Stay In Lovely Lucerne
As the most populated city in central Switzerland, Lucerne (or sometimes Luzern) is a must see for any visitors working their way through the country. Since we were traveling using the Swiss Train Pass, we stayed at the Waldstaetterhof, a comfortable three-star hotel located only steps away from the main train station. Since we were…
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Visiting Fortress Hohensalzburg
Impossible to miss, Fortress Hohensalzburg dominates the skyline view in Salzburg, Austria. While we originally did not intend to enter the Fortress, I do love a good viewpoint. Plus, the museum was a good way to try to dodge some of the rain we encountered in the city. Although there is a funicular that can…
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Bondi Beach Day
One of my first big trips out of the United States was a big one- all the way from New York to Australia and New Zealand! As a huge Lord of the Rings fan, the majority of my time was spent in New Zealand with a brief three-day stop over in Sydney, Australia. Believe it…