Europe
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Where to Stay in Frankfurt, Germany
Where you stay can make or break a trip. So the older we get and the more we travel, the pickier we’ve become with our hotel choices. We’re not in our 20’s anymore, so price is no longer the biggest factor we consider. If a hotel has a review score…
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Trip Budget Breakdown: 1 Fall Week in Greece
This particular trip was a special one: we were celebrating my mom’s birthday! She’d never been out of the country before (besides Canada) and had always wanted to go to Greece, so of course we wanted to make the trip extra memorable. This called for a slightly higher trip budget…
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Useful Italian Travel Phrases
If you’re visiting any large/touristy Italian city like Milan, Rome, Florence, or Venice, it is likely that many of the people you come across will speak at least a little bit of English. While that may be the case, in my opinion it is only polite to try to learn…
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Trip Budget Breakdown: 2 Weeks in Italy
I’ve seen plenty of travel sites talk about their trips, but they almost never give an idea of how much said trip cost. I think transparency is important, which brings me to my new series – Trip Budget Breakdowns. First up: how much our two week Italy trip cost us.…
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A Guide to the Acropolis Museum
Located opposite the Theatre of Dionysus, on the Southeastern side of the Acropolis Hill, is the Acropolis Museum. This archaeological museum, built on what is known as the Makrygiannis plot, houses artifacts from the Acropolis and its surrounding slopes. The Acropolis Museum has gone through many changes since its original…
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Sunset Wine Tour with Santorini Wine Adventure || Excursion Review
Before booking this wine tour, I had no idea that Santorini was famous for its wine. The island is best known for white and dessert wines, including Assyrtiko, Nykteri, and Vinsanto. There are some reds produced on the island, Mandilaria and Mavrotragano, but they make up the minority. So if…
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Santorini, Greece || A Two-Day Fall Trip Itinerary
After a few days in Athens, we hopped on a flight to Santorini for the second half of our Greece trip. Rather than staying in Oia (ee-yah), where it seems most people tend to stay due to the famous blue domes, we chose the capital city of Fira (feer-ah) instead.…
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Athens, Greece || A Three-Day Fall Trip Itinerary
The internet seems to have a love/hate relationship with the Greek capital city of Athens. I came across many of the same complaints during my trip research: it’s dirty, everything is super crowded, or it just isn’t safe to visit. Maybe it’s because of my experience living in Philadelphia and…
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How We Spent a Shortened Stay in Venice, Italy
When I think of Italy, I picture the streets and canals of Venice. The group of 118 islands that make up Venice are located in a lagoon in the Adriatic Sea. There are no roads, just canals and a series of bridges connecting all the islands. The exception being the…
