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I wasn’t sitting alone in a Belgrade park in the middle of the night, having an imaginary conversation with a Nikola Tesla statue.
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The battle that occurred in Kotor in 1814 was a big loss for France, but not the biggest: At Waterloo, Napoleon did surrender.
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All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
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I can’t honestly say I would trade even a single tomorrow for all my yesterdays, as fondly as I remember them.
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It isn’t easy to be a travel blogger with a partner, at least not when you spend the first six years of your travel blogging career as a travel blogger without one.
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Phuket boasts more than a hundred kilometers of coastline, but is much more than just a beautiful beach destination.
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Four words pop into my head every time I think of the desert: “Aujourd’hui, maman est morte.”
Continue ReadingGhosts and Referenda
Yes: I shaved 13 days off a two-week trip, and flew halfway around the world (and back!) in two days so that I could make things right—and garden, bake brownies and watch the season finale of Veep—with the love of my life.
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