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My name is Lilly & I'm a part time, mostly solo, vegetarian traveller. I love history, art, and architecture and travel whenever I can to see amazing places across the globe - the stars of our world. Learn more about me here. I hope you enjoy my blog and it helps you plan your own adventure!
Narai-juku is one of the most popular towns to visit on Japan’s Nakasendo trail. With a glimpse of its streets lined with old wood facades, it’s very easy to see why. For my second trip to Japan, I opted to make Narai-juku a stop and it was a very lovely place that definitely lived up to the hype.
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Tsumago is one of the many towns located on Japan’s historic Nakasendo trail, and it looked so lovely that I opted to visit it alongside Narai-juku. It was such a nice stop and should definitely be on your list of places to visit in Japan.
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Hakone’s a popular day trip from Tokyo to see the iconic Mt Fuji. I’m a fairly seasoned traveller so taking a day trip, with a Romancecar ticket in advance, seemed quite easy. But once I missed my train, things started to go downhill. There was nothing wrong with Hakone itself – just me being royally ignorant and unprepared.
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I'd been wanting to visit Antwerp for years and got the chance when I visited the Netherlands. Timing gave me only one day to enjoy this beautiful city, which I quickly learned would not nearly be enough to explore everything it had to offer. So in this post I'll cover the things I did do (all of which are amazing) and the things I didn't quite get to - with lots of reasons to visit in between.
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I first visited Assisi when I was 16 and absolutely fell in love with it. Even though rain was pouring down hard, I found the town so charming and loved the sweeping views it had over the Umbrian countryside. So when I returned to Italy as an adult, Assisi made my list of places to return. Not only did I get perfect weather, I had a lot more time to explore and appreciate its extensive history.
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Even though I love travelling, I've lived in the Washington, DC area my entire life. It's changed so much over the past few years but one thing remains the same: there's a tonne to see and do in the nation's capital. To help you plan your trip, here's all the advice I have on visiting Washington, DC.
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