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Malta
Malta is a tiny country just below Sicily that is not somewhere I had ever anticipated visiting at all, let alone for two whole weeks....
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Catania & Taormina
I've been around the mainland of Italy, but since I have a lot of unvisited countries on my bucket list, I thought it would be awhile...
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Spain
Spain is a top holiday destination for Europeans - essentially the Florida of Europe, except with class and actual culture - so it's...
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Switzerland
Let me tell you about one of my best friends! Jackie and I met our sophomore year of high school at Walsh Jesuit, and it was a friendship...
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Bath & Stonehenge
I think I mostly had Bath on my to-see list because I am a sucker for thermal pools. I saw a picture of the Roman Baths (one of the few...
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Edinburgh
Edinburgh is one of my top 5 favorite cities in the world! This is definitely in part due to being one of the most haunted cities in...
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Europa Park, Dachau, & Strasbourg
By the end of the trip, we had hit the major sites we wanted to see in Germany, so we spent the last two days out in Eileen’s corner of...
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Oktoberfest in Munich
The real Oktoberfest! It was such a major bucket list item that I was so excited to finally get to experience in person. I wasn't sure...
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Rothenburg ob der Tauber & Neuschwanstein Castle
It took a bit of planning to figure out how to fit everything I wanted to see in such a short space of time. The most trouble I had was...
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Berlin
Germany has been on my to-visit list for ages, so when I saw that American Airlines was offering super cheap deals from Cleveland over...