Author: Matthew Schmidt
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An Unexpected Trip To Boston, USA
The Adventure Having booked a Europe trip to celebrate my University graduation, I was very excited for the end of April 2025, when I would leave home to spend a month abroad. You will understand my disappointment, then, when I received emails reporting that my flights had been cancelled. As it turns out, the Icelandic…
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My First Time In Florida
The Adventure In mid-August of 2024, I took a couple of days out of my week to visit Florida for the first time. Florida is a state that has a reputation for good beaches and warm weather, and is especially popular among us Canadians as a winter escape. My trip, however, was in the summer,…
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Witnessing The Solar Eclipse From Niagara Falls
The Adventure With word that a solar eclipse would be coming through with peak viewing around Niagara Falls, I made plans to meet a friend for the event. On April 7th, 2024, I took the train to Niagara Falls, Ontario, and spent the afternoon walking around the city, taking in the sights of the falls…
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My Experience Living In Malmö, Sweden
It’s hard to believe that it’s already been a year since I moved back to Canada after my five months living in Malmö. It was an unforgettable time, from which came some of my greatest memories. But let’s back up a little. How did this experience start? Preparation Through my university program at the University…
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My Experience Travelling Around Europe By Train
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in 2023, Austria, Belgium, Christmas 2023, Czechia, Denmark, Europe, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Summer 2023, Sweden, Switzerland, UKI’m writing this blog over a year after my last train adventure in Europe. But, as I prepare to embark on a new journey now in 2025, I thought I would reflect on my past adventures. Obviously, since I’m doing it again, my experiences were great (spoiler alert). I have now, at this point, done…
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Taking In Dublin, Ireland By Foot
The Adventure The last day of my late 2023/early 2024 adventures was spent in Dublin, Ireland. I started in the centre of the city, around where a lot of the tourist attractions I would be looking for were. The first of these, which I had been told about, was the Christ Church Cathedral. The building…
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A Day In Galway, Ireland
An honorary addition to my 2023 Christmas trip is my few days in Ireland. It took place in early 2024, but was, in my mind, still a part of the same vacation and still involved the same Eurail train pass from the rest of my travels. The Adventure I arrived in Ireland on January 4th,…
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Blown Away By The Picturesque Gdańsk, Poland
The Adventure I arrived in Gdańsk, Poland at 5:30 in the morning. I decided this was too early, so got back in the train and took it to the end of the line, getting some extra sleep. Then, I took the train back and disembarked in Gdańsk around 9:15. The train station was immediately a…
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The Furthest East I’ve Ever Been In Warszawa, Poland
The Adventure I arrived in Warsaw, Poland’s capital city, mid-morning on the December 30th. The station seemed to be connected to a decently sized mall, which was nice firstly because I like malls, and secondly because the weather was not very great that day. It gave me stuff to do for much of the morning…
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A Day In The Beautiful Praha, Czechia
The Adventure Prague, known locally as Praha, was not a city that I heard anything about from people around me, unlike the past two travel days. However, I had seen many posts about the city from travel vloggers on Instagram, once again promising one of the most beautiful cities out there. I arrived in the…
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An Unfortunately Short Stop In Bratislava, Slovakia
The Adventure I’ll keep this short and compact because, like so many other destinations in this trip, I spent less time than I would have liked there. In Bratislava, especially, I spent less than enough time. After spending the morning in Budapest and needing to be back in Wien for the night, my time in…
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Trying To Find My Way To Budapest, Hungary
The Adventure Like Wien, I was told that Budapest would be one of the most beautiful cities I visit. My first impression, however, was the opposite (don’t worry, it gets better). The train I had taken dropped me off seemingly in the middle of nowhere. I was close to a small mall, but otherwise couldn’t…
Matthew C. Schmidt 