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City Review • 9 min read August 10, 2025

Prague: Europe’s Beautiful Tourist Trap

I visited Prague in October 2019 for just two days, armed with all the hype about how beautiful it was. The hype is 100% justified...

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City Review • 9 min read August 9, 2025

Milan: Perfect Stopover City But Pretty Blah Otherwise

I spent a few days in Milan in June 2021 with my brother during COVID times. Honestly, we only went there because there was a...

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City Review • 10 min read August 8, 2025

Warsaw: Europe’s Most American Capital

I spent five weeks in Warsaw in late summer 2019, coming from Krakow with expectations of more medieval Polish charm. Instead, I found a city...

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City Review • 10 min read August 8, 2025

Bogotá: Big, Grey, and Surprisingly Cold

I spent two months in Bogotá in March and April 2021, right after an amazing time in Medellín. I figured I should check out Colombia’s...

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City Review • 9 min read August 8, 2025

Bucaramanga: Medellín’s Cheaper Cousin That I Wouldn’t Visit Again

Bucaramanga is essentially Medellín’s little brother – same mountain valley vibe, same perfect weather, same Colombian charm, but with about half the people, half the...

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City Review • 8 min read August 8, 2025

Bangkok: The Antidote to Winter Depression

I’ve been to Bangkok twice, and both times it hit me like a shot of pure adrenaline mixed with chili sauce. Flying in from New...

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City Review • 9 min read August 8, 2025

Moscow: Russia’s Engine, Not Its Soul

After a brutal 9-hour bus ride from St. Petersburg, I landed in Moscow in July 2019 with high expectations. Russia’s capital, 20 million people, the...

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City Review • 6 min read August 8, 2025

Gothenburg Reality Check: A Month in Sweden’s “Second City” (Spoiler: I Won’t Be Back)

I spent a month in Gothenburg with my brother during July 2020, and I’m going to give you the unfiltered truth about Sweden’s second-largest city....

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City Review • 7 min read August 8, 2025

Edinburgh: The City That Feels Like Home

Edinburgh absolutely blew me away. After bouncing around Europe for months, Scotland’s capital was hands-down one of my favorite cities of 2025. And I’m kicking...

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City Review • 7 min read August 8, 2025

Living in Kyiv: My Unfiltered 6-Week Experience Before the War

In September 2021, I found myself in Kyiv for six weeks – just a few months before everything changed. After spending the summer bouncing around...

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