We had scheduled two nights in Prague completely by chance. Back in May we were frantically trying to book two-night stays with our Club Carlson points to maximize its buy one, get one benefit before the hotel program did away with it for new bookings starting in June. So we proactively threw a couple nights here […]
Auschwitz
When Chris and I started planning our RTW trip, we made a short list of our absolute must sees for the year. The Great Wall of China. Borobudur. The Kremlin. The Taj Mahal. Machu Picchu. And Auschwitz. That last one certainly sticks out from among the rest. But Auschwitz was just one of those places […]
The Golden Age and Dark Days of Krakow
We planned to spend the bulk of our week in Poland in Krakow, the cultural capital of the country. Krakow was also the governmental capital of Poland throughout much of the land’s history and is still bitter about King Sigismund III moving the official center to Warsaw in 1596. [Funny bit of folklore about that, […]
Warsaw’s Phoenix Story
After Lithuania, we took a 7.5-hour bus ride to Warsaw (which we initially thought was 6.5 hours and were already dreading, but then forgot that we gained an hour when we entered into Poland). We didn’t have high expectations for Warsaw and were only really going to take advantage of a buy one, get one Club […]
Our Finland and Baltics Budget
As we begin our sprint through Europe, I’m going to start combining multiple countries together for our spending reporting. Hopefully the groupings will usually make sense, but no promises. Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are all on the euro, and with the exception of Finland, the cost of living in these places is also similar. We […]
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