Posted 06/25/2017 by Rachel Ramey
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Posted 06/05/2017 by Rachel Ramey
the delay since my last post. I was sick for awhile, but I have finally turned the corner (I’m not taking as many trips to the bathroom) and I can post this piece about Portugal as soon as the Internet is strong enough.
Posted 05/28/2017 by Rachel Ramey
After Santorini, we had 24 hours to spend in Athens before Kristen had to catch her flight home. We planned to make the most of our short time in the city to see as much as possible. We arrived on our flight from Santorini around 9am. We left the airport right away to catch the metro into the city. At the metro station, the board of departures said ‘strike’ next to every location. The metro was on strike. I’d read in the guide book that strikes were common especially on the ferries and busses. little did we know that the following day, the busses and ferries would both be on strike as well…
The bus took us directly into the city center. Since we had arrived early to the city and couldn’t check into our hostel until the afternoon, we stored our backpacks in the airport, and just took an overnight bag into the city so we could carry it with us as we traipsed around the monuments.
Posted 05/24/2017 by Rachel Ramey
One of the tips I got for my great ideas tour was to make sure I included some cities where I could relax and take a break from moving everyday from sunrise to sunset. Santorini was a perfect place to stop, take a breath and simply enjoy.
Posted 05/20/2017
If you read the last blog post about Reykjavik and it seemed like there were only a few pictures or there were grammatical errors, I accidentally published a draft of it before I was finished. It takes at least a couple days to find enough wifi and time to upload all the pictures for each post, so I accidentally published it when I was only halfway done. Please go back to the blog to see the updated post with the new pictures if you are interested.
Posted 05/16/2017 by Rachel Ramey
We are traveling on budget airlines, which gave was the cheapest route to see the places I wanted to see. On these budget airlines you can only take one carry-on size bag for free- meaning lots of adventure and repeated outfits. (If it looks like I’m visiting all these countries over 4 days, it’s because I only have 4 shirts. It’s nice not to have much stuff, it makes me very mobile and we are easily able to take all the public transportation, plus, I don’t have much that I am afraid of losing.
Posted 05/10/2017 by Rachel Ramey
My first stop on my backpacking tour was in Valencia, Spain to visit my sister. She spent the spring semester studying in Valencia, so I got to stay at her host family and see her life in Valencia.
