Category: 2023
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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…
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A Day In Wien, Austria
The Adventure The first day of the last leg of my Christmas 2023 trip was spent entirely travelling from Malmö, Sweden, to Wien, Austria. The second day of this leg was spent in Wien. Knowing nothing about the city I had just arrived in, I scanned Google Maps for landmarks and set my sights upon…
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Visiting My Favourite Cathedral In Köln, Germany
The Adventure Köln is one of the few cities that I visited with intention to see something I already knew about. As opposed to my usual knowledgeless wanderings, the Köln Cathedral had appeared on my Instagram years prior and become a fascination of mine. The rest of the city, though, was a mystery to me.…
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My Day In Berlin, Germany
The Adventure The second and shortest leg of my holiday adventures began with a day in Berlin, Germany. I arrived at the main train station late in the morning and set off at first just doing a loop in the area. Berlin is another city that I visited without knowing much about it, so I…
Matthew C. Schmidt 