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Macedonia 2019 Solo Traveler Budget
While in Macedonia I stayed with friends of my Aunt Lynn. Thus began a week of gluttony and excess. I was staying with a grandma and grandpa, who gave me my own private room close to the mountain in Skopje. I was so grateful and I spent virtually nothing. All meals were cooked for me and I was given tours…
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Bulgaria: Must Try Foods you Need to Know
I ate gooood in Bulgaria, with the manager of the hostel keeping a constant supply of chocolate in the staff pantry. Most of my meals were cooked at home, a welcome change from months of eating out. We came together as a mini hostel family almost daily to cook and eat together. I did have some memorable meals out… Seafood…
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June 2019 Budget
I spent the first half of June in Turkey and the second living in Sofia, Bulgaria. Istanbul was expensive (first destination after Asia) and I decided to look for volunteering opportunities. I heard back from a hostel in Sofia, Bulgaria, and decided to follow what the world was telling me to do. Big Purchases Basics: Food, Transit, Housing Sometimes nothing…
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Bulgaria: Hello Summer 2019, meet Thyra
We here! Hello cobblestone roads, red rooftops, and me making pretentious and generalized European statements. Watch out Europe, the American is in town. I arrived on the bus from Istanbul in the evening, walking from the terminal to the hostel where I will be volunteering. I fell into a positive, feminine environment with three other international volunteers and a kind,…
