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Montenegro in Pictures

After a lovely week in Bosnia I took the bus down to Montenegro, one of the world’s newest countries. We headed straight for the stunning Adriatic coast and the charming town of Budva. Tiny Montenegro has been an independent country for less that four years. It was the last of the former Yugoslavian nations to break [...]

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Friday Postcard: Kotor, Montenegro

Mountain Fortress at Kotor, originally uploaded by StephYo. This mountain fortress in the coastal Montenegro town of Kotor is over 1000 years old and has never been conquered. It’s easy to see why, it is one imposing fort, with stone walls winding up and down the rocky passes. For 2 euros you can climb it yourself, [...]

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Friday Postcard: Madrid, Spain

Temple of Debod, originally uploaded by StephYo. Did you know that there is an Egyptian Temple in the center of Madrid? The Temple of Debod was given as a gift to the people of Spain by the Egyptian Government in 1968 as a thank you for their involvement in saving archeological treasures from flooding. The temple can [...]

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Yellowstone in Pictures

Yellowstone, with it’s rainbow of hot springs, sputtering geysers and steaming charred earth is the strangest place I’ve ever been. The entire park is actually situated over a giant supervolcano, which is the cause of the zany geothermal phenomenon that dot the area. It’s also a place of great natural beauty, beautiful lakes, rivers and [...]

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Wednesday Postcard: Florence, Italy

Neptune Fountain, originally uploaded by StephYo. The Fountain of Neptune in the Piazza della Signoria in Florence. It’s funny how just a slight change of angle can make even the most photographed tourist spots look new and cheeky. Bad pun intended. (Do you have a photo you’d like to see featured here? Email me at Steph@twenty-somethingtravel.com)

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