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Cleveland
I have written about plenty of places around the globe, but I have yet to share the one that I've spent more time in than all the others...
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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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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...
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Lake Tekapo-Christchurch-Kaikoura
The rest of the South Island post-Queenstown was just kind of a rush up the east coast. I didn’t have a lot of interest in the...
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Iceland
There's no arguing that the scenery is amazing, but honestly, my favorite things about Iceland are their batshit crazy folklore and...
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Stockholm
I didn’t spend a whole lot of time in Stockholm. My friend Leah and I were there for three days in 2010 as a stop on a two week long...
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Amsterdam
Amsterdam. When I was 21, it might as well have been Narnia. It was that city teenagers spoke of as some kind of mythical utopia. While I...
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Arriving in Auckland
It's finally time to start writing about my year and a half long adventure in New Zealand. Unfortunately, that journey starts in the...
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Melbourne vs Sydney
One of my biggest questions when I was first headed to Australia for my year abroad (that turned into four years abroad) was what city to...
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Hanoi & Halong Bay
Our final stop in Vietnam was up north. Not as far north as I'd have liked to go (I'm coming back for you one day, Sapa!), but far enough...