JANE SEES THE WORLD

Category: Jane’s Journal

  • North Macedonia and Kosovo

    North Macedonia and Kosovo

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    B and I went on an epic day trip (16.5 hours!!!) to visit the disputed territory of Kosovo and the small country of North Macedonia. At our first border crossing, one American guy had to get off the bus and I don’t know what happened to him. I think instead of a real passport he…

  • Albania

    Albania

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    After an extremely early flight (although today’s 3:20 AM pickup beat it by an hour), I arrived in Tirana. I had a huge layover in Istanbul so I didn’t get there until 8 PM or so. Since B wasn’t going to arrive until 11, we decided to get a hotel next to the airport and…

  • Georgia (the country)

    Georgia (the country)

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    My intro to Georgia was from the middle front seat of a shuttle van, sitting next to a chain-smoking Armenian. I was very ready to get out of the car and decided to walk the fifteen minutes to my hotel. However, I forgot about the heat and when I finally arrived, I was a sweaty…

  • Armenia

    Armenia

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    I arrived at the airport at Armenia’s capital city, Yerevan. I was super surprised by Yerevan! In the main part of town and the place where the tourists go, the buildings were shiny and new and everything felt very modern. There were lots of people milling around and I felt totally safe roaming even though…

  • Rhodes

    Rhodes

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    Rhodes is an island within spitting distance of Turkey. It has been a strategic location since forever because it is the crossroads between Asia, Africa, and Europe. I mainly wanted to go to it because of its more recent history, from the 13th century to the 15th. As crusaders would do their crusading, they would…

  • Athens, Corinth, Delos, Mykonos, Naxos

    Athens, Corinth, Delos, Mykonos, Naxos

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    I joined up with some family members for my visit to Athens. This was my first time to Greece before and I was excited to see the origins of so much of western civilization. I spent several days in Athens, then took a ferry to the Cyclades Islands, visiting Mykonos, Delos, and Naxos.  Athens I…

  • Nice and (nice) Monaco

    Nice and (nice) Monaco

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    Nice, France, is on the Cote d’Azure, or Blue Coast. So named because of the bright blue Mediterranean Sea. This is part of the French Riviera, which I am pleased to say, was exactly the way I thought it would be: beachy, bougie, and beautiful. While in Nice, I took a quick half hour train over…

  • Avignon

    Avignon

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    After an exciting journey in a BlaBlaCar, I safely made it to my hotel in Avignon. Avignon is in the Provence region of France, but the reason I wanted to go was because for a while, the Popes moved shop from Italy and set themselves up in Avignon.  BlaBlaCar I feel I should explain what…

  • Carcassonne

    Carcassonne

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    I arrived to Carcassone after taking a stunning bus ride through the Pyrenees. The blue sky complemented the green mountainsides. There was still snow on some of the rocky mountain (lower R and M) tops. After hopping on a train in Toulouse I arrived to Carcassonne, a small town in southeastern France. I came here…

  • Andorra

    Andorra

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    Since I would be heading from Spain to France, it only made sense to stop off in the small country of Andorra whilst on the way. This place is quite small and to get here I had to take buses (there isn’t a train track). It was super fun to drive through the Pyrenees and…