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  • Girl sitting on Valletta walls looking across Grand Harbour towards three cities, Malta
    Malta,  travel

    Valletta Malta – How to Spend 24 Hours

    October 15, 2019 / 7 Comments

    Valletta, the capital city of Malta, was the first stop on our week-long tour of the country. I knew little of what to expect from Valletta, or Malta in general. But I can certainly say my short time there exceeded my expectations. Matt and I arrived in Valletta after our first night in the country, arriving at the airport at 2am. The remainder of the night was spent in a cosy B&B in Hamrun, waking up and taking a short bus ride into Valletta. It was a rare cloudy morning when we walked up past the Triton Fountain and into the walled city. But Malta’s notorious sunshine quickly came through,…

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    A Day Exploring Hue Imperial City, Vietnam

    December 6, 2018 / 4 Comments

    Our journey through the central region brought us north from Da Nang to Hue (pronounced hway), once the capital of Vietnam. The Imperial City is the main draw to visiting Hue, an expansive UNESCO World Heritage Site protected by walls and moats, facing the Perfume River to the south. Once home to the country’s emperors, the Nguyen dynasty founded Hue as the capital in 1802 by . Many buildings were destroyed during skirmishes with French forces in the 1940’s and the American War in the 1960’s. While many buildings have been painstakingly restored, the effect the war had on one of the country’s most historic places can still be felt…

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