Category: Europe
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Horsey Gap
Seals!!! This was one of the happiest, greatest, best moments of my entire life – there really isn’t any other way to put it. I’ve loved seals ever since I was a little kid and my parents would take me to see the seals out front at the Woods Hole aquarium. So naturally, once I…
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Wicken Fen
A Saturday stroll, close to home. One thing that we’ve struggled with in England is finding simple, naturally beautiful outdoor places to explore without having to drive at least an hour – the type of walk or hike we could begin spontaneously in the afternoon. And then we discovered Wicken Fen, a Natural Trust reserve (England’s…
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Winter Cambs
Weekday wandering around winter Cambs. My new favorite mid-week activity – a break from post-grad, job-app life – is an excursion into the center of town to do two things: (1) buy fresh flowers from the market and (2) aimlessly walk around playing with my camera. And here are some of the results of the…
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Akamas
The Akamas Peninsula is the last untouched corner of Cyprus. No cars allowed, literally. You need a four-wheeler to travel within its borders, unless you are on foot. We *did* originally plan to spend a day off-roading across the area… that plan quickly dissolved at the airport when we learned that the rental car company…
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Kato Paphos Harbor
Paphos Harbor is mostly a tourist hub; the street along the water is overflowing with restaurants and souvenir shops. But amongst it all, there are slices of serenity. We loved walking this small corner near the castle, even in the pre-sunset chill. Men came out to fish along the road, staying long after the daylight left.…
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Tomb of the Kings
There are no kings buried in the Tomb of the Kings, but they’re still pretty majestic. In the fourth century B.C., Cyprus’ elite were laid to rest here. Archaeologists began to excavate the tombs in the 1970s, and today, they are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. I read online that one needs hours to spend…
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