Wandering, but not lost

We've talked about Valletta, but time to go past the borders of the mighty maltese capital and explore the Malta island a bit. Yes, the main island of the country is named exactly the same as the country itself. A little bit bizarre and confusing, but it's easy to get used to!Malta is the biggest island of the maltese archipelago, but still it...

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Malta is a truly peculiar little country, it's located on an archipelago in central mediterrenian sea, just 80km away from the coast of Sicily and about 300km from the coast of North Africa. It consists of two main islands, Malta and Gozo. Malta is the main one, as can be easily guessed, it is where the country's capital Valletta is located. Still, both...

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Rethymno is one of the largest cities of Crete and definitely one of the most popular ones. It lies on the north coast of the island, approximately in the middle of its length. It has a lot to offer to essentially every kind of tourist. Similarly to Chania, it has a venetian Harbor but here there's also a large lighthouse at the waterfront. Rethymno's...

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Crete has so much more to offer than just the pretty beaches straight out of the brochures of your local travel agent. Don't get me wrong, the beaches and all the famous spots are amazing but what really stuck in my memory were the hidden gems inbetween.Setting off from Chania, we headed to the west of the island next. We rented a car...

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 As soon as the governments opened up the borders and tourism ressurected after the lockdown, my friends talked me into visiting the isle of Crete in Greece. The pandemic didn't affect life on the island much, while chit-chating with locals i learned that there were less tourists than usual, but at the point of our visit it was already getting back to normal. My...

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During the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic my parents and I had decided to travel around within the Polish borders just a little bit more than usual. This was the first vacation that we planned together in years, and the destination that we chose was West Pomeranian Voivodeship (Zachodniopomorskie). The choice was not a completely random shot, because my father's family resides in...

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As we all know, 2020 was an absolutely insane year, with so many unsettling things happening and the Coronavirus pandemic that basically froze the whole world for a few months. Every traveller was bummed out because of the lockdown's causing travel cancelations. With no steady forecasts when is it going to be safe to start moving around the world again, it was quite...

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Some trips are crazier than others, and for that time I have visited Sweden for 4 hours only.  For my whole studies I was a member of Independent Student Association (Niezależne Zrzeszenie Studentów) on my university, and we were invited to take part in a cruise as a way of integrating with the associations from other unis. This weekend cruise from Gdańsk to...

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This year I finally had an opportunity to fulfill my wish of celebrating the New Year's Eve abroad. The Independent Student Association organised a trip to Sankt Petersburg for that occasion, the second largest city in Russia, the 4th largest in Europe and definitely one of the most beautiful and pompous. We were expecting a severe winter, a snowy wonderland and freezing temperatures...

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Strasbourg isn't the only Christmas paradise in France. Actually, there's a city named Colmar very close to the region's capital that is equally magical when it comes to the yule spirit. But it's not only a Christmas destination, of course, the town itself is outstandingly picturesque, straight out of a Disney film.  Colmar is quite small, having merely 70000 habitants. The climate is...

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Strasbourg, a large city in the french region of Alsace, is dubbed the capital of Christmas. Not by chance I chose my time of visit it in december, I heard a lot of rumours about the splendor of alsatian christmas markets. I can promise you, you havent seen a christmas like that before.  ...

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