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Next stop, the Greek Islands
Before heading to the ship, Kenzie, Kailynn and I spent the morning checking out some other parts of Athens and doing a little shopping for gifts. I think the highlight for Kenzie was the grocery store and seeing all of the different things they have here. Then we packed up our stuff and headed for […]
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First stop…Athens!
Despite a very long day of travel to get here and some challenges with lost luggage, our first stop was great! We visited the Acropolis and Parthenon (along with about 10,000 other sweaty tourists), wandered around the little back streets and markets of Athens, and did some shopping to get Kailynn replacement clothes. We’ve had […]
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Last day in Thailand
On our last day in Thailand we spent time seeing more of the city. We took the river ferries to get around and visited a Buddhist temple, the Royal Palace, the “Reclining Buddah”, walked through Chinatown, and of course, more markets. The night market was very cool. Organized chaos but a lot of fun. We […]
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Floating Market
Today we hired a van to take us out of Bangkok and out into the rural countryside to visit the some unique markets. The first was the railroad market. The market is literally set up on the train tracks. Vendors are on each side, and several times a day when the train comes through the […]
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Bangkok!
After another long day of travel, we made our way from Bangladesh to Thailand. We got in late and spent the next day checking out some markets and seeing the town, but it was a pretty relaxed day as we got used to a new timezone. The tuk tuk rides were an adventure, street food […]
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A long night in Bangladesh
Getting to Bangkok involved a long overnight layover in Dacca, Bangladesh. If ever you have the opportunity to spend a night in the Bangladesh International Airport…go ahead and pass. We had made a reservation at an airport hotel hoping to go and get a little rest there while we waited for our next flight. But […]
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Istanbul, day two
Our second day in Istanbul was as good as the first. Today started with shopping at the Grand Bazaar, a market that has been going since 1461. It was absolutely massive, and impossible to keep track of where you were or where you’d been. Turkish rugs, beautiful lamps, and on and on. Then the Spice […]
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Istanbul!
After spending the day traveling from Switzerland to Turkey, we got a good night sleep and had our first full day in Istanbul. We covered a lot of ground in one day including seeing the Sultan’s Palace, a massive unergtound cistern, several mosques, and just getting lost wandering around the city streets. And the stray […]
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Day 11 – Monkeys!!!
Day 11 we took the train about an hour east of Amsterdam to see more of the Netherlands. Our goal…”Apenheul”! Apenheul is a primate park but there are no fences in the park so all of the monkeys are free to roam around you. When you enter, you have to put all of your bags […]
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Day 10 – Headed to Amsterdam
Day 10 we left Brugge and got back on the train and started to make our way to Amsterdam. We decided to use it as our home base as we explored some of the Netherlands. Nothing too exciting today, just a relaxing ride on the train for a few hours followed by getting settled into […]
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