Category: Europe
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Amsterdam: Follow the Lights
Waking up officially on Netherlands time, we grab some free breakfast and head into the city for some museum tours and the Heineken experience. First stop is the Ann Frank House. I cannot explain how much of a mental, physical and emotional impact standing in that attic had. The fact that they spent 2 years…
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Amsterdam: Coffeeshops and Prostitutes
When your hobby is international travel you have to get savvy. Through Travel Zoo we found a great deal. For a cool $1000 you received the following; round trip tickets to Amsterdam and Prague from New York City, 5 hotel nights at 5 star properties that include breakfast. I don’t have to explain how much of…
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Ireland: Dublin; Sláinte
With only two days remaining we board the train back to Dublin. We have a full line up ahead of us but luckily everything is pretty close and walking distance from the Jury’s Inn. Since we get in around 12pm we head to the main event: The Guinness Storehouse. After this we grabbed a quick…
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Ireland: Galway
3rd hotel of the trip and I wake up confused. Slowly it all comes back… Galway, Cliffs of Moher. Let’s go. It is a 15 minute walk to the downtown center where the buses leave from. We start the walk over and board the 55 passenger bus with our jovial Irish driver. I picked Galway…
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Ireland: Blarney Castle
The problem with planning a trip to the fullest is there isn’t much flexibility… unless of course you travel with an event planner. During our Ring of Kerry tour we decided that since we were in the southern part of Ireland already we should try and make our way over to Cork for the Blarney…
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