Category: Europe
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How to Spend a Week in Budapest
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If you’re like me and your life revolves around every possible moment you get to spend within Old World elegance, then Budapest is your place. Stick with me as I walk you through a week’s worth of activities and vacation ideas full of history, opulence, and splendor. And consider making…
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18 Snacks to Try from Greece
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My second month with Universal Yums came from a country that shares a border with my first month’s country. I was a little disappointed by that because I really hoped it would bounce around the world a bit more. A few of the snacks were very similar two months in…
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20 Snacks to Try from Turkey
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I’m a fairly adventurous eater, so when I learned there was a subscription service that would send you a box of snacks from different countries every month, I had to try it out! Universal Yums offers three subscription sizes, and I got the biggest one, which is $41/month, but absolutely…
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Christmas In Prague
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Every place we went for Christmas was breathtakingly beautiful. Everything we saw was stunning. But when I caught my first glimpse of Tyn Cathedral, I gasped out loud. “I think that’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen!” I said, sipping a hot gluhwein as a live orchestra performed “Somewhere…
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9 Lessons We Learned While Taking the Trains in Europe
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Were I to do a Christmas markets trip again, the first thing I would do differently would be to limit it to just two cities instead of three. Eight days simply isn’t enough time to take in three cities in three separate countries. The other thing I would do would…
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Christmas In Strasbourg
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We had a lovely time visiting Strasbourg, the “Capital of Christmas”! The hotel we stayed in was very modern…too modern in a really big way. The restroom was see-through. It had blinds–heavy plastic ones that were designed to remain permanently open. And there was a big, heavy door that was…
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Christmas In Munich
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Although my travel adventures have only just begun, my plan for doing so is to visit just one country at a time. Stay in a major city with an airport, take day trips out into other cities or the countryside, and really get a feel for that country as a…