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Climbing the Matterhorn in Zermatt, Switzerland

Having been raised in the shadow of Disneyland in Orange County, California, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that climbing the Matterhorn was something I had dreamed about doing my ...

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Adventures in the Algarve: Shacking up with Roomorama in Portimão

The title of this post may be a little confusing to some so just to clear things up – I did not meet a man in Portimão by the name ...

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Adventures in the Algarve: Flying into Faro

If you are headed to the Algarve, odds are you will be arriving via Faro. It’s the administrative capital of the Algarve, population of around 40,000, the southernmost city on ...

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Things To Do in Monaco (Poor But Sexy Edition)

Monaco is a peculiar little principality on the Mediterranean that I’ve had the pleasure of visiting on three separate occasions. Twice I went in on day trips from France and ...

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Epic Cognac: Visit to the Courvoisier Chateau in Jarnac

I had such a grand time in Jarnac at the Courvoisier Chateau that it warrants its own blog post rather than for me to clump it together with something else. ...

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Epic Cognac: Visit to Poitiers & Angoulême

In early September I announced that I was going to Poitou Charentes and I am finally ready to unveil the first half of this #epic trip which took me to ...

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How to Spend a Day in Funchal, Madeira

The first three days I was in Madeira were spent “stuck” in Santa Cruz, the island’s third largest town. If you think that sounds bad, think again. When I arrived ...

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10 Things I’ve Learned Traveling Around Portugal So Far

Here we are, more than halfway through my Portugal Skyscanner trip. I can’t believe how fast the time has flown! In case you haven’t been following along on Twitter, Instagram ...

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Belgrade, Budapest & Bucharest: Three Bs in Eastern Europe You Need to Visit

A couple months ago my friend Rob put up on his blog a very informative public service announcement on where to travel in Europe for Summer 2012. Much to my ...

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What I Miss About Living in New York

I just found out a friend of mine from California will be doing a program to get certified in teaching English in New York and I became insanely jealous. Why? ...

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A Little New York City Fauxtography

New York and I go back to 2008 when I went for a 6 day vacation and ended up staying 6 months. It really is one of the coolest cities ...

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Highlights of the Heineken Open’er Festival

The Heineken Open’er Festival in Gdynia is pretty much what defined my latest trip to Poland. I have tons of video footage from the shows and will be putting together ...

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That Night I Got Robbed in Poland

I just got back to Sweden after being in Poland for 10 days and although it felt as if I just blinked and it was over, SO much happened during ...

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A Day At The Beach in Mechelinki, Poland

This is one of those things I would have never done had I not Couchsurfed and subsequently make a great friend, but more on that soon. Here’s a few photos ...

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Why You Shouldn’t Miss Sarajevo on Your Next Trip to Europe

In a recent interview I did for Cezar of Imperator Travel, I named Sarajevo as one of my Top 5 Eastern Europe. I placed it in the Number 3 position, ...

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Anatomy of a Couchsurf: Meeting Magda & Paweł in Wrocław, Poland

More often than not, when people hear that I “couchsurf” on my travels they look at me like I am crazy. You do what? Stay on some random person’s couch? ...

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20 iPhone portraits of Kiev on Matador Trips

Check out my latest photo essay on Matador Trips! It’s called 20 iPhone portraits of Kiev. I’ve been working on it for a while now and had hoped it would ...

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A Little Cambodia Fauxtography

It has been seven years since I was in Cambodia but the beauty of the country and its people are still fresh in my mind.  I was there for three ...

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A Little Miami Fauxtography

Good morning from Paris! It’s roughly 5am and I am ready to start my day. Too bad no one else is though so I guess I will just use this ...

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Istanbul through an iPhone lens on Matador Trips

So I just realized that I have failed to mention anything about the trip I took to Istanbul last October aside from just saying that I went. That’s a pretty ...

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A Little Prague Fauxtography

Hanging out in Prague is like hanging out inside a storybook. I still can’t get over how unbearably beautiful it was and seriously cannot wait to go back. Unedited, Prague ...