Planning with Rick Steves’ Travel Books Made For Unforgettable European Travel

Planning with Rick Steves’ travel books transformed our European adventure into an unforgettable journey. A lot of these tips are still valid!

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Gorgeous Trinity College and The Book of Kells and Enjoying Dublin

In 2014, we did a college trip to Scotland and Ireland. One of the day we were looking forward to was visiting Trinity College the Book of Kells. Plus, we just planned on enjoying Dublin and taking in some of the sights. We couldn’t fit Ireland in on our 2010…

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Discovering Great Places to Visit in Florence in One Day

In 2010, the Nola Nerd Couple embarked upon a 30 day backpack tour of Europe. We were often asked what was our favorite city of this tour. We loved every second in Florence. There are so many great places to visit in Florence in one day.

Luckily, we had two. 

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Traveling: The Science Museum

During our study abroad in Scotland and Ireland, we had a free weekend.  We had three things we wanted to visit: Hampton Court Palace, The London Comic Con, and the Science Museum. Being a computer science teacher, the Science Museum was definitely a must see for me.  We only really had…

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