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on March 14, 2016November 22, 2016 with 6 comments by Nick @ concrete and kitsch

A Slow Burn for Belgrade, Serbia

Belgrade, Serbia is one of those places I was destined to fall in love with. Everything I knew about it spoke to me on an almost primal level. It’s home ...

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on February 12, 2016June 13, 2016 with 7 comments by Nick @ concrete and kitsch

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Travel Bloggers Don’t Like Talking about Privilege

Something that I’ve always been fascinated by is the rhetoric in travel blogging around the ability to travel, and the financial discussions and implications of traveling for a living. Most ...

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on November 17, 2015June 13, 2016 with 0 comments by Nick @ concrete and kitsch

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5 Reasons to Travel in the Off Season

When one thinks of a vacation, usually it’s very much associated with the summertime, when good weather is almost assured and families with children are able to take time off ...

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on October 29, 2015June 13, 2016 with 2 comments by Nick @ concrete and kitsch

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In Defense of Fast Travel

I travel fast. When I am on a trip, unless a more relaxed beach-type of vacation, I create itineraries to see as much as possible in the limited amount of ...

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on October 18, 2015November 22, 2016 with 0 comments by Nick @ concrete and kitsch

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How We Didn’t do Saaremaa Justice

We went to Saaremaa with the best intentions. We had a list of things to see and a finite amount of time to see them. We were also coming from ...

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on September 21, 2015November 22, 2016 with 0 comments by Nick @ concrete and kitsch

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Gozo Beaches: Comparison is the Thief of Joy

It may be unfair, but when I’m on a beach vacation, I always end up comparing my current location to past vacations I’ve taken. The beach vacations that have defined ...

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on August 24, 2015June 14, 2016 with 0 comments by Nick @ concrete and kitsch

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Honeymoon > Wedding

I proposed to David on Christmas Day, 2014, high in the Caucasus mountains straddling the Russian-Georgian border, next to a fourteenth century church. There were no other people around, but ...

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on August 10, 2015June 14, 2016 with 0 comments by Nick @ concrete and kitsch

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How I Survive Long Haul Air Travel

Long haul air travel can be the biggest obstacle we face when embarking on a big international adventure. When it comes to international travel, there are no “easy” flights for coach ...

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on July 24, 2015June 14, 2016 with 0 comments by Nick @ concrete and kitsch

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Making Friends while Traveling – in Mongolia, and the Rest of the World

In September of 2011, I visited Mongolia. My trip came at the tail end of a long summer job at the tail end of my graduate program at the tail ...

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on July 20, 2015November 22, 2016 with 2 comments by Nick @ concrete and kitsch

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What I Talk about When I Talk about Istanbul

Istanbul is one of the great cities of the world, no doubt about it. I was awestruck by the city’s beauty from the moment the plane made its initial approach ...

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