Lviv is a wonderful, friendly city. It sits on the far western edge of Ukraine, near the border with Poland. Indeed, the Polish were among the seven or so different political entities that controlled the city in the last 100 years or so, and Polish connections with the city, including tourists, appear to be pretty […]
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Traveling with a bike is, in theory, one of the best ways to travel. Unlike bikepacking – where you carry all your stuff on your bike, here you just take your bike as part of your luggage and then go on rides like you would back home. Bikes offer most of the close-in scenery opportunity
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I think there is a market out there for a tool which really helps people travel for fun, wisely. Starting from city X, these destinations Y1 and Y2 are unusually cheap (with filters to remove bad weather, crazy long flights, etc.) Starting from city X, these destinations Z1 and Z2 are the best value for
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Choosing a place to travel for a week or two is not usually a big challenge. With tens of thousands of awesome places to go to, it is likely that many will be equally satisfying, give or take whatever fate may throw at you. I won’t say it is easy to choose, but rather that
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I don’t think most people can really form a picture of New Zealand in their minds, excepting the rare and endangered kiwi bird, which is hardly representative since few even of the locals have seen one in the wild. New Zealand is largely a mystical sheep-filled underbelly of the world possibly containing El Dorado or
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When 2019 started, my life plan was basically to support my twin sister Kelly on her path to greatness. Sheer strength of personality made her unstoppable, but she needed help finding her path and maintaining balance. Socially, I forced her to get engaged with others, and my wild silliness always helped portray her as rational
What makes this museum stand out, even from many museums in Rome itself, is the quality of the restorations and mix of media shown, far more than just marble. One room of glass artifacts felt like it came straight out of a contemporary art museum, and the gardens in particular bring the past to life.
Last Thursday I rode a train to Chicago from Winona. I returned this last Monday. The train was definitely the best method of travel for this journey. I could have driven to Chicago (5.5 hrs) or flown from Minneapolis/Rochester/LaCrosse (less than 1 hr in the air, lots more on the ground). The train took 6
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Also available in cinnamon – kaneli, the cardamom roll is closely related to the cardamom bread we ate frequently as children in my family, which Kelly in particular loved. It’s a sweet bread with cardamom, nothing too complicated there. While related as well to the American cinnamon roll, the American versus the Swedish cinnamon bulle
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View this post on Instagram Light and shadow around this beautiful ship, which I’ve waited years to see A post shared by Colin Catlin (@colin_catlin) on Jun 2, 2019 at 6:17am PDT I wandered into Stockholm’s old town (‘Gamla Stan’) today. I had been wondering where the true tourist hordes would be, and well, here
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