Featured Photo: Arc de Triomphe, Paris

Featured Photo: Arc de Triomphe, Paris

Before I stopped off to check out the Eiffel Tower, I grabbed some lunch and relaxed while watching the cars navigate around the Arc de Triomphe.
I must have seen a million photos of this site and heard the stories about the cars driving around it. So I’ll be the first to say to see it [...]

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Vasa, Skansen and a Fail

Vasa, Skansen and a Fail

Waking on my second morning in Stockholm I was better prepared for my pitch black room. Climbing the jungle gym of a bunk bed I joined the line for the shower before packing my bag for a day of walking around town.
First stop was a rather long walk out to the island of Djurgården where [...]

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Featured Photo: Auschwitz, Poland

Featured Photo: Auschwitz, Poland

We all know what happened here, it will live on forever as a great blip in our history. Walking the grounds and buildings while learning about the people and what happened to them was the most depressing day of my entire trip.
And while it might be a great tourist attraction, make the effort to visit [...]

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Stockholm Palace and More

Stockholm Palace and More

When you go to bed at night you expect it to be dark. When you wake up at 10am in the morning however you would be fairly comfortable in assuming there would be light around. Yet when I woke from my slumber my first morning in Stockholm it was pitch black. Why you ask? Well [...]

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Featured Photo: Herculaneum, Italy

Featured Photo: Herculaneum, Italy

Everybody knows about Pompeii but have you even heard of Herculaneum? It was a small town that was also destroyed by the eruption of Mt Vesuvius in 79 AD.
If your short on time and can’t make it to Pompeii or just love all things history like I do then you don’t want to miss this [...]

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