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World Traveller: 7 Continents, 90 Countries, 871 Days Overseas

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  • Destination: Czech Republic

    Official Name: Czechia
    Established: 1198 (Kingdom of Bohemia), 1918 (Czechoslovakia), 1993 (Czech Republic)
    Population: 10,693,939 (2020 estimate)
    Religion: 75% No Religion, 10.3% Catholic
    Language: Czech
    Capital: Prague
    Order of Visit: Fourteenth 
    First Visit: 14 May 2006
    Last Visit: 17 April 2024
    Duration: 12 Days
    Visit Highlights: Terezin Small Fortress, Prague Palace, St Nicks Cathedral, Sedlec Ossuary (Bone Church),  hiking a mountain, Exploring Moravsky Kras Caves, Cesky Krumlov Castle, Castle Gardens, Historic and beautiful Gardens
    Places Visited: Prague, Dalecin, Cesky Krumlov, Moravian Krast
    Czech Republic Journal Entries  

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  • Destination: Poland

    Official Name: Republic of Poland
    Established: 960 (Duchy of Poland)
    Population:  38 million (2022 census)
    Religion: 71.3% Catholic
    Language: Polish
    Capital: Warsaw
    Order of Visit: Seventy eighth
    First Visit: 09 April 2024 (planned)
    Last Visit: 11 April 2024 (planned)
    Duration: 3 Days
    Expected Highlights: Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum Visit, Wawel Royal Castle
    Places Visited: Krakow
    Poland Journal Entries

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  • Destination: Germany

    Official Name: The Federal Republic of Germany
    Established: 1871 (German Empire), West Germany and East Germany 1949, Reunification 1990
    Population: 83,166,711 (2019 estimate)
    Religion: 31.7% Protestants, 31.2% Roman Catholics
    Language: German
    Capital: Berlin
    Order of Visit: Thirteenth 
    First Visit: 11 May 2006
    Last Visit: 09 April 2024
    Duration: 12 Days
    Visit Highlights: Heidelberg Castle, Attending a World Cup Football Match (Munich), Fruenkirche Church, Glockenspiel Clock, Beer Gardens, Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin Wall, Hitlers Bunker, Bebelplatz (infamous book burning site), Reichstag Dome, Berlin Bomb Bunker
    Places Visited: Berlin, Frankfurt, Heidelberg, Munich
    German Journal Entries

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  • Destination: Finland


    Official Name: Republic of Finland
    Established: 6 December 1917 (Independence from Russia)
    Population: 5,528,737 (2020 estimate)
    Religion: 68.7% Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, 26.3% no religion
    Language(s): Finnish, Swedish 
    Capital: Helsinki
    Order of Visit: Twenty-First   
    First Visit: 08 July 2006
    Last Visit: 7 April 2024
    Duration: 5 Days
    Visit Highlights: Parliament Building, ice breakers ships, Suomenlinna Island, Lutheran Cathedral, the sun high in the sky at 1 am in the morning!
    Places Visited: Helsinki
    Finland Journal Entries  

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  • World Trip 2024: Day 33 – Singapore to Melbourne

    Tuesday 07 May 2024
    Highlights: Reunion’s – Darby with Lana, me with Boots and Juno

    The journey home can be a long one, especially from Europe and today was the end of that journey that start on Saturday 4 May back in Split. Today started with an overnight flight from Singapore (review here).

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