Kyrgyzstan September, 2024 There’s a lot to say about this 2 week journey I booked randomly when I was in search of a vacation destination! I was craving a glimpse of the “backpacker” life we had 5 years ago and definitely got it. This country truly has some incredible sights to see! My bar is…
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Thoughts and Reflections on Our Journey – Brendan Boyce
I’m not really sure where to start with my thoughts and reflections on our 10-month journey. It’s kind of ironic that the thing I say the most is that I don’t know how to put it in words. We saw and did so many amazing things. At a certain point on the trip it became…
Days 310-312, Final Day in Spain and Travel Home
December 12th-14th, 2019 I spent my last day in Barcelona walking around and visiting cathedrals, eating tapas, and trying not to dwell on the fact that this was my last day of an incredible, year-long journey. It was in Barcelona that I saw the most amazing street performance of my entire life. I was walking…
Day 309 – Montserrat, Spain
December 11th, 2019 I had one more day trip today from Barcelona and went to Montserrat. It is a multi-peak mountain range in Catalonia with a monastery on one of the summits. I took the subway to the train station and then got on the train for about an hour traveling north from Barcelona. There…
Day 308 – Barcelona, Spain
December 10th, 2019 The highlight of today was taking a tour of Sagrada Familia which is a huge unfinished Roman Catholic church designed by the famous architect Antoni Gaudi. This church was his life’s work that he started in the 1880’s and continued to work up until his death in 1926. It has been under…
Day 307 – Barcelona, Spain
December 9th, 2019 Today I decided it was time to start seeing what the actual city of Barcelona was like as I have been spending most of my time in outlying areas thus far. I have loved all the free walking tours I have done in cities around the world so decided to start my…
Day 306 – Stiges, Spain
December 8th, 2019 I had so much fun in Tossa de Mar yesterday that today I decided to do another day trip to the coastal town of Stiges. This was a bit closer to Barcelona and only about 30 minutes south. I took another bus and did another big day of walking while exploring Stiges. …
Day 305 – Tossa de Mar, Spain
December 7th, 2019 Today I got an early start to go on a day trip to the coastal town of Tossa de Mar. I caught a local bus from a stop close to the hostel, then got off and walked to a main bus station in the city. From there I caught a bus to…
Day 304 – Girona, Spain
December 6th, 2019 Today it has stopped raining and I was excited to walk around and explore the rest of Girona. I kind of got lost in the old cobblestone streets and stumbled upon several amazing churches and the well- preserved Jewish Quarter they have here in the city. With some help from locals as…
Day 303 – Girona, Spain
December 5th, 2019 When I woke up this morning there were two other ladies in my dorm room that were also getting ready for the day. One was from Russia and one was from France. Neither of them spoke English and just a little Spanish. It was quite interesting trying to communicate in Spanish as…