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Lima, Peru: Maybe Not a Beauty, But a Dream For a Foodie
Food, history, friendly people, and a few friendly cats.
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What makes a Perfect Bar?
This is not so much a story as it is a rant. Call it an opinion piece. I’ve been to a lot of bars and pubs in a lot of places. More than I care to admit. I think you realize your knowledge of something has evolved when you know enough to critique it. This…
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The Albanian Incident
Driving on a dark backstreet somewhere in Albania, we found ourselves boxed in by two black cars in the middle of the night. We were very lost, and now, very stuck. Three armed men wearing hoodies got out and approached our car. Fear gripped my chest and sent my stomach into my shoes. I threw…
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The Grand Budapest Airbnb
And 30,000 steps Now if you can follow the disjointed and inconsistent posts, you’ll know that I was just in London for the Broncos game. That was our last hoorah with all our friends. My hangover the following day reflected that. Most everyone went back home, leaving just Zach, Trent, and I. The three roommates…
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An Obscure Little Town in Northern France
My Official Review of Paris Skip to the bottom if you actually just want a review. Call me a hater, call me contrarian, call me whatever, but I never wanted to go to Paris. Just didn’t care. I think I pursue “off the beaten path” to a fault. Whether it be detrimental to my own…
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EasyJet? More like… Difficult-Jet
A short story on the trials and triumphs of travel This story is about our attempts to leave Scotland, but it deserved its own post. Most of you can probably relate to this struggle in some way. It began at the airport of course, where everything goes wrong all the time. After a long time…
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Scotts from Scotts
Amazing Grace, bagpipes, Nessie, a kilt, and a van. What I am about to write will be about mostly my positive views and experiences in Scotland, with a touch of psychological musings on my girlfriend’s family, who I traveled with. Most are also positive, I might add. The first being I don’t know what the…
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The Road to Reykjavik
or there and back again… Hello again my dedicated readers (Mom, Dad, and Grandparents)! Monika and I successfully conquered the Ring Road of Iceland in a camper van with only a normal amount of confusion and hardships. The Ring Road is the two-lane, paved road that outlines the entire country. Iceland is a seemingly vast,…
The Odysseys of an Average Person 