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The Blonde Gypsy Does Portugal With Skyscanner!

BIG NEWS – The Blonde Gypsy and Skyscanner, Europe’s largest flight comparison search engine, are working together – in Portugal! You may have already been aware of this if you ...

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Sounds from America: An Interview with Giovanni Giusti of The Limousines

Typically I like to interview foreign bands aka not from America here on The Blonde Gypsy but today I have a VERY special exception… Meet Giovanni Giusti and Eric Victorino ...

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If You’re Going to San Francisco…

San Francisco is one of the best cities in the United States. I’d say it were the best but I haven’t been to a few others that I hear are ...

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The Blonde Gypsy is Headed to Cognac!

I’ve been dying to make this announcement for several weeks now but things have been preeeetty busy for me. Since I am literally about to walk out the door though ...

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Scenes From a Dacha Party in Odessa, Ukraine

I really can’t believe September will be here tomorrow. Where did the summer go? Sadly it seems to have just passed by my window as I sat inside for the ...

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Isle of Wight Delight in Southern England

Two hours southwest of London there is a place you might not have heard of before. It’s called the Isle of Wight and it is a 147 square miles of ...

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This Week on SHABL: A Trip to the Grocery Store in Malmö, Sweden

If you’ve ever wondered what it is like to go grocery shopping in Sweden, wonder no more. This week on Stop Having a Boring Life I put up a vlog ...

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Sounds from Australia: An Interview with Nathan Mahon of Garçon Garçon

Up until now, everything I knew about Australia I had learned from Men at Work and Crocodile Dundee films, but mostly Men at Work. What exactly is this place called ...

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What I Would Do With Australia

A common misconception that people have of me is that I have been everywhere. I even get it from my mom, but this really couldn’t be further from the truth. ...

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My Top 3 Travel Experiences (in Men)

WELL the 2012 Olympics in London are well over by now but unfortunately the vanilla travel blogger competitions are not. Yes, it is true I could have sat this latest ...

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The Blonde DJ from Malmö, Sweden

So sometimes I DJ here in Malmö, Sweden. It happens usually once or twice a month if I am in town. By no means am I the next David Guetta ...

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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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Five Cool Green Spaces to Spend Time in London

When I think of England, I think in green. To me it is a country synonymous with green countryside and green spaces – everywhere. If you want to do something ...

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The Sexiest Places to Party in London

London is glamorous – there is no doubt about that – and is one of my favorite cities in the world to party in. Aside from the fact that it ...

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On My European To Do List…San Marino

San Marino “claims” to be the oldest state in Europe, but what does that even mean? Ricky Martin claimed he wasn’t gay for years and we all saw how that ...

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Party in Transnistria? Why yes, I did…

Since it’s Saturday night, I thought this would be a fitting time to post some information about nightlife. And not just any nightlife, but breakaway territory nightlife. These scenes are ...

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This Week on SHABL: How I Spent My Last Week in Poland

This week on Stop Having a Boring Life I did a little summarization of how I spent my last week up in the Tricity region of Poland (Gdansk, Sopot & ...

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Midsummer in Sweden Video || Part Two

Here comes the second installment of my Midsummer in Sweden video. It only took almost two months but hey, at least it’s still summer -  right? This one is a ...

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How Key West, Florida Won Me Over

This past April I spent a long weekend down in Key West for my cousin’s wedding and I kind of fell for the place. That is surprising considering how skeptical ...

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Chasing Sunsets in Malmö, Sweden

The other night I went on a yog (that’s French for “jog”). Not that there’s something particularly special about that – I yog a lot. This is especially true when ...

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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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On My European To Do List…Quebec?!

I already know what you are thinking and you are right: Quebec is not in Europe. After seeing a Travel Channel special on it though, I just feel like I ...

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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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On My European To Do List…Northern Ireland

This is only the third installment of my “European To Do List” series and I have already started getting some complaints about my made up itineraries. Just to be clear, ...