My favorite memory of Germany is the last days I spent there. After living in Germany for 2.5 years, my wife and I took a trip down to Berchtesgaden, in SE Bavaria, to the Konigsee & Hitler’s fancy-pants meeting place, The Eagle’s Nest. We arrived at this vegetarian B&B in Berchtesgaden late in the evening,…
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We flew from Germany to Cairo, laughed at the ATM next to ‘visa on arrival’ (clearly just for the money) and then met the driver waiting to take us to the AirBNB we’d booked. We arrived at 1am, so the host set this up for us as the only option. We booked an AirBNB that…
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If you want to visit a city that has no ‘vibe’ other than just “Hey, look at our money!” then Dubai is the place for you. We didn’t like it. I flew to Dubai for a 4-day weekend at the end of May, 2014, and it’s a city I have no desire to ever visit…
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I spent only 24 hours in Yerevan, coming via mini-bus from Tbilisi. The countryside between those 2 cities is really peaceful, and Yerevan seems like a great city. I’d like to get back there and see more of it/more of Armenia some day. The border crossing is pretty simple if you’ve done the online visa…
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Did you know that you can simply show up with a US passport and get 360 days to stay in Georgia as a tourist? I didn’t stay that long, but it was fun to think about. I arrived past midnight, and my hostel had set up a guy to pick me up, since the buses…
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