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Month: December 2023

Live•Laugh•Love•Latvia 🇱🇻

December 22, 2023

Hello from country #30! We took a bus for a few hours to arrive in Riga, Latvia! I didn’t know too much about Riga before coming, but so far I have been very impressed! We stayed at a 5 star hotel for around €120 a night- love Latvia prices. It was also a 2 minute … More Live•Laugh•Love•Latvia 🇱🇻

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I’m Tallinn ya, you should plan a trip to Estonia

December 18, 2023

Off the ferry and so easy to walk into Tallinn and start exploring! We stayed at City Box hotel and paid only €35 a night- what a steal! It was a bit rainy and Ryan wasn’t feeling 100% so we took it nice and easy. We visited a brewery (Humalakoda Pub Restaurant Brewery) in the … More I’m Tallinn ya, you should plan a trip to Estonia

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We saw, sauna-ed, and sailed in Helsinki

December 17, 2023

This year we are mixing it up and instead of going home for the holidays we decided to take the opportunity to visit some of the Christmas markets in the Baltics. I saw a blog about this trip ages ago on Pinterest and it has been on my list ever since! We flew from Amsterdam … More We saw, sauna-ed, and sailed in Helsinki

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