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Central Vietnam

December 17, 2019December 17, 2019wyatt.berlinicHoi An, Hue, Phong Nga, Vietnam2 Comments

After 26 days in Northern Vietnam, it was time to move south. We took the strangest train of our lives from Ninh Binh to Phong Nga, an 8-hour journey that may be the truest “local” experience we’ve had (see why in the
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Northern Vietnam, Part 2

November 28, 2019November 28, 2019wyatt.berlinicHa Giang, Mai Chau, Ninh Binh, Vietnam

As we mentioned in our previous post, we’re attempting to spend some time off the beaten path. While our first three stops followed the standard tourist script, we managed to explore a few less-known destinations in the second half of our time
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Northern Vietnam, Part 1

November 20, 2019November 20, 2019wyatt.berlinicHa Long Bay, Hanoi, Lan Ha Bay, Sa Pa, Slow Travel, Vietnam

Hello Vietnam! Thanks to extensive preparation in Athens, we entered Vietnam effortlessly, receiving our visas and passing customs in ~30 minutes. With border formalities completed, we picked up 28GB SIM cards for only $13 dollars; hello cheap Vietnam! Data needs satisfied, we
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Athens

November 11, 2019November 11, 2019wyatt.berlinicAthens, Greece

After a fun time island-hopping, we flew to Athens for our final stop in Europe, marking the midpoint of our 5-month journey. We always intended to exit Europe via Athens and it served our needs perfectly. Many travelers skip Athens entirely, favoring
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Crete and Santorini, Greece

November 3, 2019November 3, 2019wyatt.berlinicCrete, Greece, Santorini1 Comment

One of our gymnast friends studied abroad in Greece and she adores the Greek Islands. As a result, on learning that we would visit Greece, she insisted that we go island hopping. We enthusiastically agreed and asked for recommendations, which she provided
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Rome

October 28, 2019October 28, 2019wyatt.berlinicItaly, Rome

From Sorrento, we moved onto Rome, the Eternal City. On the way, we took advantage of a short layover in Naples to sample deep-fried pizza, a dish unique to the region. We can report that it is simultaneously as delicious and as
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Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast, Italy

October 18, 2019October 18, 2019wyatt.berlinicAmalfi Coast, Italy, Sorrento

After Budapest, we navigated our longest travel day yet: 2 trains over 11 hours, terminating in Venice. Venice was really cool but we only sojourned (what a good word) for 2 nights (1 full day), which won’t fill a full post so
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Budapest

October 13, 2019October 13, 2019wyatt.berlinicBudapest, Hungary2 Comments

After exiting the train in Budapest, we quickly wondered if we’d truly left Prague. Over the following days, as we explored, we kept remarking on the similarities between the two cities. First, a river curves gracefully through both capitals, splitting them in
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Prague

October 7, 2019October 7, 2019wyatt.berlinicCzech Republic, Prague

Prague is a beautiful city full of picture-perfect, Disney-like architecture. In some ways, this is wonderful, it provides hours of pleasure as you wander the city, getting lost looking at pretty buildings. In other ways, however, a plethora of tourists and tourist
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Berlin

September 30, 2019September 30, 2019wyatt.berlinicBerlin, Germany

Before leaving Boston, we were considering dropping Berlin from our itinerary. At the time, our thought process was that we’ve been to Germany(though not Berlin), so we should skip Berlin and go somewhere fresh. Fortunately, a wise friend told us we couldn’t
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