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Northern California
Our stressful morning began bright and early, with things slowly working themselves out. Lauren had returned late last night and informed me of her escapades, assuring me that she would be back and awake in the morning at our agreed-upon …
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San Francisco – Day 3
We began our day at Cafe Trieste again, sitting outside with our pastries and delicious coffee. I’m admittedly a self-declared coffee snob, so when I say that this cafe serves the best espresso drinks I’ve ever had outside of Italy, …
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San Francisco – Day 2
I inexplicably woke up around 6am today and couldn’t go back to sleep – that’s the worst! Seriously, after a long-ass day and minimal sleep, I should have knocked right out and slept like a log, but no, of course …
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San Francisco – Day 1
After 3 hours of sleep, my alarm went off at 4:11am. Yes, it was as painful as it sounds. Yes, it was totally worth it! We had a car waiting outside for us at 4:45 to take us to JFK …
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Pacific Northwest Roadtrip: Itinerary
Here is the itinerary I slaved over for our west coast roadtrip, subject to change while on the road of course. I even outlined our route on a map to clearly illustrate our upcoming trek! We’ll see how much of …
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Zurich – Day 3
My last day in Zurich was gray and I didn’t have too much I wanted to do, so I took it easy and relaxed down at Paradeplatz and had some coffee while watching the passers-by. I’m sorry, but 6.50CHF (like …
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Zurich – Day 2
After returning from Lake Geneva, I had 2 full days remaining in Zurich before flying home on Sunday morning. I didn’t really have much of a gameplan – honestly, I wasn’t overly eager to explore Zurich and probably never would …
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Lausanne & Geneva
So I stayed in an amazingly nice and clean hostel in Lausanne. It was awesome. Lausanne itself is a nice town, very hilly though! I spent the second day wandering around the old town, through narrow cobblestone alleys. I saw …
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Lake Geneva
So I’ve decided that Switzerland is awesome simply because it has several national languages. It’s mindblowing to me that I can start out somewhere where everyone around me is babbling in Swiss-German (Zurich), then suddenly find myself able to understand …