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thought i’d put up a short point and miss camera picture journal of the hightlights (and lowlights) of the trip so far: 1. (above) – krapfest 2. powering up for the 9.5 hour flight at o’hare 3. GPS screen driving through the mountains 4. out the window snapshot driving down a mountain 5. sweet resortContinue reading “the abridged version thus far”

budva this morning was wonderful. we slept in a bit late, but were up and out for a stroll around 9am. after about an hour walking around our hostel in the Old Town part of the city (which was an old stoned fortified village), we headed out down the coast of Montenegro towards Ulcinj. UlcinjContinue reading “Macedonia by way of Albania”

this me expressing my excitement about not being at work, being off those four flights, not getting a crap rental car, and being in a strange new place. getting here went pretty well, and our flights went alright except for the last – we landed in Vienna around 11:45am after our flight was late leavingContinue reading “we’re here. and it’s beautiful.”

here’s everything i’m taking on my trip. while the amount of clothing is staying about the same, i’m taking about half the “extras” i took to Vietnam. i’m also taking far less camera gear.  i realized about halfway through that trip that i really overpacked / overplanned for the “what ifs” which did nothing butContinue reading “packing”