Author: Matthew Schmidt
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Christmas In Alberta
The Adventure Despite having lived in Alberta for several years and having family there, it had been several years since my family had ventured west to visit. This was finally remedied this Christmas when, seeing that flight prices were not as ridiculously high as they usually are during the holiday season, we booked a trip…
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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…
Matthew C. Schmidt 