Weekend Traveler ~ Short Trips to New Places
Kaelin Priger
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Have a long weekend coming up? Travel to a new place! This blog outlines short trips that I have taken and the places I recommend.
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8 Hour Layover in Amsterdam!
Layovers can be tricky. How long is long enough to leave the airport and go exploring? There have been times when I have spent hours inside of an airport, just wondering what the country is like around me. Landing in a new place and not getting to adventure in it can be...
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Enjoy Southern-style Potato Salad, Vegan Edition
In Atlanta, Georgia, we are in the heart of the South. Our families love to cook "soul food" also known as food that just makes your soul content. Soul food includes stuff like chicken and dumplings, mashed potatoes, biscuits with gravy, fried chicken and...potato...
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National Coffee Day! Great Coffee Shops All Over the World.
Today, September 29th, is National Coffee Day in the United States! Celebrate the day on an international scale by visiting a great coffee shop in your area. Here are some of the best coffee shops that I have ever visited, and they are located all over the world. See...
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Tips for 1 day in Munich
I spent just one day in Munich this past summer, but it was one of the best parts of my long trip through Austria and Germany. I wandered around the city on a Saturday with my family, and we had an amazing time. Here are some tips for how we spent our day in the city!...
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How to Spend a Weekend in Atlanta
Atlanta is my home city, and although I currently live in the suburbs, I love to drive into town on a weekend and enjoy the many fun events and unique places that Atlanta has to offer. If I had a friend visiting for a weekend, this is how I would show them around the...
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A Long Weekend in Edmonton
Although I call North America my home, before this past week I had never actually traveled to Canada. Isn't that strange, seeing as it is so close?! I think it is very common for a lot of Americans to never go visit our northern neighbors, but I wasn't satisfied with...
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Salzburg ~ Refreshing and Breathtaking
We stepped out of the train station, a few hours of relaxing train travel under our belts. Coming from the bustling and busy Vienna, we had a mysterious and beautiful view of Salzburg in our minds. The thought of taking a break from the big city for a bit of glorious...
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A Few Lovely Days in London
The clouds were thick overhead and a cool wind was blowing. Suddenly the overcast sky parted and the sun shone through in its golden brilliance, casting a warm light on the airport below. "What is that? ", an airport worker asked in bewilderment, as she stared up at...
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Paris ~ Love at First Sight
A few days in Paris, France, are enough to take your breath away. I grew up reading book after book about France, the royal family, and the history of this artistic and extravagant country. From reading about the exploits of the Count of Monte Cristo and the carriage...
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Needed: German Words for a Weekend Trip
This past week I travelled through Austria and Germany, both homes to a challenging and somewhat-rough sounding language: German. I had tried to learn some common German phrases through the online, language-learning program, Mango, before taking this trip. It's great...
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Vienna ~ Music to My Ears
Vienna, Austria is a city filled with music, fashion, and gilded gold. My friends had told me that Vienna was a beautiful city, but I didn’t truly understand what they meant until I saw it for myself. This past week, I spent 3.5 days in Vienna, my first trip to...
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A Nice Trip to Nice
I had always dreamed of traveling to France, ever since my childhood when I curled up with The Count of Monte Cristo in hand and watched French movies with my family, just to hear the beautiful language. Last year, my dream came true. My first trip to France was last...
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Chattanooga ~ The Gem of Tennessee
Are you studying in the Southeast part of the USA (Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina)? Visiting the area or doing an internship there? Then, this is one weekend trip that you should definitely take! Chattanooga is the gem of Tennessee in my opinion, situated alongside...
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Athens ~ A Weekend in the Paradise of Gods
48 hours in Athens, Greece? Is it possible to see the city in only one weekend? Yes, Weekend Traveler, it is! I had learned all about Greece in high school history, and my mind has always had a picture of beaches, white buildings, and the Parthenon when I conjured up...
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How to Save Money on a Short Trip to Copenhagen
This past year, my friends and I had a week off of school. So, we decided to travel for 3-4 days of the break, and we plugged our travel dates into Skyscanner and searched Everywhere in order to find the cheapest location to fly to from Istanbul. Cheapest flights...
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Cologne ~ A German Getaway
When I was first an exchange student, I would often be wary of taking short trips out of the country when we had a term break or a long weekend. Now, I jump at those opportunities to go see a new place! So far, I have chosen to travel to Cologne twice when I have had...
