I flew from Germany to Ireland on Ryanair with a friend in 2012. They laughed at us when we arrived at passport control. “Why have you come to Ireland?” “To see some cliffs and some castles.” “Oh, we have lots of those.” We used Cork as our home base, which is a cool little city….
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I was definitely the poorest person in Monaco that day. I tried to go to the famous casinos, but they only open after dinner (it was afternoon), and some require a tuxedo. OK, you win. I won’t come in. Monaco is interesting. It’s a micro-nation, super fast, and I kept wondering how people go from…
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San Marino is another micronation nestled inside Italy. Google the outfits their representatives wear for parliament. Ohhhhh man. I don’t think there’s really anything to do in San Marino but look around for an hour and make Dan Marino jokes. The highway toll charges in Italy while driving around are INSANE, and I was glad…
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After spending a day in Zagreb, Croatia, I hit the road again and slept in my car on the outskirts of Ljubljana. I didn’t see much in Slovenia–I’ll be honest. That’s something I need to remedy. Here’s the view from the car window. I was through Slovenia and onward to Italy for a micronation.
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My first memory of Serbia is some soldiers with machine guns banging on the door of my sleeper cabin on the train from Budapest to Istanbul in 2007. PASSPORT CONTROL!!!! This time, I was in the driver’s seat (literally) and had a much simpler time at passport control, given the relaxing of borders that’s happened…
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