Arriving in Helsinki and drinking refreshing tap water instead of paying €3 for bottled water in Santorini feels like a Quiet Luxury moment.…
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Keep ReadingI feel more at home in Budapest than I did in Berlin, Krakow, or Prague, but I’m still uncertain if I’ll come back—and that’s okay, I guess.…
Keep ReadingI’ve added visiting Poland in winter to my to-do list and learned that a cross through a name on a road sign means we are leaving the area.…
Keep ReadingHi from Berlin—Kreuzberg, to be specific. Don’t ask me to pronounce it; I had to Google it just to spell it. I’m having a flat white—my first one today, my first one in Berlin, and, come to think of it, my first one on this trip. The weather is lovely—warm, windy, and a bit…
Keep ReadingI am back in Germany, though not yet in Berlin, and it has been almost ten years since my first visit. De javu moment!…
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We just left Dubai International Airport. Officially embark on the third and final leg of our flight to kick off our seven-country trip.…
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Jik and I had our photo taken at the Cathedral Magnetic Termite Mounds — or, in simpler terms, a gigantic termite nest.…
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Have you heard the saying: "You don't go to Darwin without seeing jumping crocodiles (or eating crocodiles, for that matter)."…
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Overall, it has been a very full (pun intended) day in Darwin, formerly known as Palmerston. Does it warrant us calling it Palmy?…
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I typed “Darwin” into the blog’s search box. Nothing came up, and that’s just about right because Darwin has never been on my radar.…
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