A 3 Day Guide to Medellín, Colombia

Caitlinepstein415/ September 19, 2022/ Latin America/ 0 comments

After visiting Bogotá for a couple of days, I set off for Medellín. I spent 3 days exploring the city and had a lovely time getting to know different neighborhoods and having new adventures. Here’s my guide to 3 days in Medellín – scroll to the bottom for some bonus tales about solo travel and losing something very important while

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My Workaway Experience on the West Coast of Scotland

Caitlinepstein415/ June 14, 2022/ Europe/ 2 comments

In September of 2021, I moved to Brighton, England to do my master’s degree at the University of Sussex. While I loved living in Brighton, it was super expensive and left me looking for other opportunities for a couple of months after my in-person classes wrapped up in April. I spent months during the pandemic scrolling through Workaway.info fantasizing about

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Living and Working in Brighton, England

Caitlinepstein415/ March 26, 2022/ Europe/ 0 comments

I’m sitting down to write this blog post on my last full weekend living in Brighton, but oh well, better late than never. I’ve spent the past seven months exploring all that this lovely coastal city has to offer, so here’s a run down one what it’s like to live in Brighton, England. London by the Sea Brighton, also known

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A One Day Guide to Helsinki, Finland

Caitlinepstein415/ October 10, 2021/ Europe/ 0 comments

When I was planning my trip through the Baltics, I knew I wanted to travel to the capital cities of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. However, it wasn’t until I came across a blog post about Tallinn, Estonia that I realized that I could easily end my trip in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. From Tallinn, I found myself in Helsinki

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A Two Day Fairytale Guide to Tallinn, Estonia

Caitlinepstein415/ September 29, 2021/ Europe/ 0 comments

Vilnius to Riga to Tallinn = a beautiful Baltics backpacking trip. After spending several days traveling through the underrated Baltics state, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that I saved the most beautiful Batlics capital for last. There is a fairytale quality about the colorful medieval streets of Tallinn. Here’s my guide to spending two lovely days in Tallinn. Tallinn

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A 48 Hour Guide to Riga, Latvia

Caitlinepstein415/ September 23, 2021/ Europe/ 0 comments

After spending a couple of days in Vilnius, Lithuania, I took a 4 hour bus up to Riga, the capital city of Latvia. Riga is a classic stop on a trip through the Baltics or makes a great city break on its own. The city went through a tourism boom a couple of years ago, and tourists seem to be

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48 Hours in Vilnius, Lithuania

Caitlinepstein415/ September 18, 2021/ Europe/ 0 comments

Ah, Lithuania. Leading up to my trip, people often wondered why the heck I was going to Lithuania. Even when I arrived, locals and Europeans visiting the city asked me the same thing. Why Lithuania? While studying abroad in Spain and Italy, I traveled quite a lot through Europe – to much of Western Europe and even to the Balkans.

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