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Summer 2017: By the Numbers
Here’s the 2017 Summer trip by the numbers: 54 days, thirteen cities, thirteen airports, two ferries, three islands, one new mountain range, five new countries, two train rides, and two times across the Atlantic. 16,765 miles (26,980 km) flown. 791 … Continue reading
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Tagged Adriatic, aegean, air travel, airports, American abroad, backpacking, Berlin, boat travel, europe, european travel, ferries, ferry travel, France, georgia, germany, norway, Paris, rome, Slow Travel, tbilisi, train stations, train travel, trains, traveling. travel, travels
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First Stop: Oslo, Norway
My walking tour around Oslo included stops at an old hilltop fortress (excellent views of Oslo’s harbor), the Nobel Peace Center (a museum worth a visit but assuredly either boring or inappropriate for young children, depending on its temporary exhibit … Continue reading
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Tagged cold war, FARC, juan manuel santos, Nobel Peace Center, nobel peace prize, nobel prize, norway, oslo, Oslo Sights, peace prize, travel, traveling, travels
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Bergen, Norway: The High Cost of Low Living
I arrived in Bergen yesterday afternoon. It’s a lovely town, but not the sort of place with which I could fall in love. It’s a tourist haven. It feels like the outdoorsperson’s variant of a place like Bruges or the … Continue reading
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Tagged bergen, budget, budget travel, eating on a budget, europe, Europe Trip, hostels, norway, travel, traveling, travelogue
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Norway: En Route to Bergen from Oslo
The red tail of the train is visible from my window in the third car, snaking behind as we leave tunnels and round the sharper of valley curves. They aren’t all proper tunnels, actually, in the sense of holes cut … Continue reading
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Tagged bergen, europe, europe by rail, midnight sun, northern lattitudes, norway, oslo, train travel, trains, travel, traveling
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8 Questions to Help You Plan Your European Trip
I’ve been meaning to write this post for a while, and I seem to have timed myself out of skiing today with an extended writing session, so here we are. I’ve been planning the big summer tour. I want to … Continue reading
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Tagged air travel, airplanes, euro travel, europe, european, european travel, germany, locomotives, norway, planes, planning, rail, rail travel, rails, railway, scenery, Slow Travel, Tourism, tourists, trains, travel, travel anxiety, travel checklist, travel necessities, travel planning, travel strategy, travel tips, Traveler, traveling
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