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Dublin, Galway, & the Cliffs of Moher
Ireland is a great country. I've loved it ever since I spent a semester studying in the north while I was in college. I've been to the...
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Naples & Pompeii
I had heard mixed reviews about Naples. Well, mostly negative. The positive ones all seemed to be along the lines of how it was "real". I...
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Rivisondoli
If you want to see the real Italy in the form of a beautiful, charming, traditional village in the hills, you need to go to Rivisondoli...
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Rome
Rome is easily the most mind-blowing city I have been to so far when it comes to man-made structures. It's hard to imagine a place so...
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Vatican City at Easter
My first few days in Rome exploring the Vatican and attending Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square I got it into my head a few months ago to...
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France
I'm going to jump back to June of 2007, probably the earliest trip that I'll write about. I was 18, had just graduated high school three...
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Brussels & Bruges
Brussels was not somewhere I was ever particularly interested in, but when Ryanair is selling flights for 10 pounds to Copenhagen and 6...
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Copenhagen- 3 Days in January
City sights, snow, pretty castle photos, and a highly professional critique of modern art. Copenhagen is somewhere I have wanted to go...