Europe
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what a delicious country (barcelona)
Once again, we arrived in a new city after midnight. Our flight from Granada got into Barcelona around midnight and after a speedy Uber, we made it to our Airbnb in no time. We stayed in the city center, only a five-minute walk from Casa Batlló and Las Ramblas, and passed out quickly to make…
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Some siestas in southern spain
Seville Day 4 – December 8th The first morning was rough and started quite early. We landed in the city around midnight local time, and were able to secure an Uber for a quick ride to the historic center of Seville to our hotel Eurostars Sevilla Boutique. We didn’t expect how narrow the streets would…
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Lisboa – the city of too many hills
Official Motto of Lisbon: “Very Noble and Always Loyal” Day 1 – December 5th After a two-leg flight from Denver to Dulles to Lisbon, we arrived in the capital of Portugal around 10AM. Severely jet-lagged but equally ready to seize the day, we took an Uber from the airport and walked into Pousada Alfama Hotel…
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Bergen and Geiranger fjord
Day 1 After leaving Denver at 4PM, and having a 4-hour layover in Iceland, we landed in Bergen around 2PM. Here are some fun facts about the city: Running on very little sleep (classic), we hopped on the Light Rail from the airport and made it to city center around 3PM. We quickly checked into…
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Hardanger fjord / Trolltunga / Lom
Day 5 The first day was spent driving from Bergen to Odda, about a three hour drive soaking in the scenery. Our plan was to hike Trolltunga the next day, so today was meant to be fairly low key. Our first stop about an hour into the drive was Steinsdalsfossen waterfall, which had a unique…
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Western french coast
Mont Saint-Michel I’ve mentioned this in a previous post, but this trip was definitely one of the most go-go-go ones we’ve done in a while. There were places we wanted to add to the itinerary that we simply could not when we were planning, like Mont Saint-Michel, a tidal island in Normandy, France and probably…
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Tulipmania
Today is all about tulips and Dutch heritage! What is tulipmania? Tulip mania was a period during the Dutch Golden Age when contract prices for some bulbs of the recently introduced and fashionable tulip reached extraordinarily high levels. The major acceleration started in 1634 and then dramatically collapsed in February 1637. It is generally considered to have been the first recorded speculative…
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