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A Quick Visit to Vilnius, Lithuania

Our visit to the Baltic States was a new adventure, as we had very little knowledge of the history and what to expect.  Our last stop of our Baltic State tour was to Vilnius, which is also the capital of Lithuania.  As we only had one full day to explore, we picked up a Vilnius City Card to utilize...
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Istanbul, Turkey (Part 2)

After a full day of site-seeing the day prior, we had an open schedule and just planned to walk around and explore.  It was raining and a bunch of the street cats found shelter around the corner of our apartment building.  I'm sure Minh and Connie were tired of my excitement over all the cats...
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The Cappadocia Green Tour – Turkey

A great way to explore a lot of Cappadocia in a short amount of time is by taking one of the organized tours that are offered.  The tours at Cappadocia are color based - Red, Green, Blue, or Orange. We decided to go with the Green Tour which encompasses Göreme Panorama, The Underground City...
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Exploring the historical sights of Göreme, Turkey

After checking off touring cappadocia from a hot air balloon off our bucket list, we had the rest of the day to explore the rest of Göreme and what it had to offer.   The most well known "attraction" after hot air ballooning is the UNESCO World Heritage site, the Open Air Museum that once...
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The Madness of Marrakesh, Morocco

  Marrakesh was a city we only read about in travel books and it was on our list of places to visit during our trip. We booked a room in a guesthouse just on the outskirts of the center of the Medina. The owners Jacque and Nicolas were very welcoming and actually expats from Belgium. Their...
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