Ladies and gentlemen, we’ve reached the last day and final blog post about the grand Scandinavian adventure my mom and I took last week. On our last day in Helsinki, we took the ferry down to Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, for the afternoon!
Tag: europe
seeing every church in finland, or, a day (and a half, ish) in helsinki
Our second-to-last stop (not done yet, folks) on our grand adventure was Helsinki, Finland!
sunny days in sweden, or, two days in stockholm
The third stop on our list? Stockholm, Sweden! I’m really, really glad we had two full days here; I don’t think we could have seen everything we wanted to see in just one day. I wasn’t sure how I felt about Stockholm at first, but by the end of our second day there it had risen to second place on my list of favorite cities we visited (the first is Copenhagen, probably for the rest of forever).
salzburg, austria // a weekend trip guide
After a trip to Salzburg, I can confidently say that this little city is easily on my top ten (if not my top five) favorite cities, ever. I absolutely fell in love with it and would love to go back one day in a heartbeat! We spent a weekend there which was just about perfect–enough time to see all the main sites and explore the city, but just long enough to not get bored! I always say that I’d rather go somewhere again because I didn’t see everything than feel like I’ve exhausted the city and its sights.
bratislava, slovakia // a day trip guide
During the course of my dad’s visit to Vienna last summer, we decided to spend an afternoon taking the boat down the Danube to Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. So that’s the story of how I visited 3 countries in 20 hours. #europe.
budapest, hungary // a weekend guide
As part of our class, we spent four days in Budapest studying gentrification and the built environment to provide a contrast to our main research sites in Vienna. We were also given ample time for sightseeing!
Special thanks to my dad for coming along on this weekend adventure and for being a great recommender of museums, his colleague for providing some incredibly helpful tips on what to see and where to stay, and my group for giving this post some first-hand knowledge of the nightlife scene!
prague, czech republic // a weekend guide
vienna, austria // 7 things in 7 days
It’s been a week since our planes touched down (at least for most of us!) and we landed in the beautiful city that we now get to call home for the next month. It’s hard to believe we’ve been here for only a week–we’ve packed in a lot in those seven short days:
segovia, españa // a guide
I originally put together this guide together for the girl who would be living with my host family after me–she arrived the day before I left, so I made this guide for her to show her all my favorite cafés, stores, etc. Here is that same guide! I hope it helps. As always, remember that I’m a teenage girl who visited Segovia on a school trip with other teenage girls, and that can’t help but bias my opinion!
segovia, españa // packing list
This is the first in what I hope to have become a series–anyone who knows me personally knows that I have a bit of an obsession when it comes to packing lists, and have been known to make more packing lists than days on a trip. Because I consider myself to be a bit of an expert on packing lists at this point, I thought I’d share with you my packing list for Segovia. Keep in mind that I was there for two weeks at the beginning of the summer–depending on the duration and time of year during your visit, you’ll have to modify accordingly.
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