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Category: Europe

Day Trip from Skopje – Matka Gorge

On 17 Mar 20248 Feb 2024 By AndysWorldJourneysIn Europe, travel2 Comments

G’day folks-a-roonie! Hope this post finds you well. Last time, covering the adventure of ‘Dhaka to Dakar’, I wrote all about the things to see and do that I got up to when in the capital of North Macedonia, Skopje. Today a shorter post to focus simply on what seems to be the recommended day …

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Say YAY for Skopje

On 10 Mar 20248 Feb 2024 By AndysWorldJourneysIn Europe, travel5 Comments

G’day all! Today I’ll be reviewing the sights of the capital of North Macedonia for you as part of my ongoing blog review of the trip I took a year ago from Dhaka, Bangladesh to Dakar, Senegal. North Macedonia was once part of the former Yugoslavia and was for a while known as the ‘Former …

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Sofia of Bulgaria

On 3 Mar 20248 Feb 2024 By AndysWorldJourneysIn Europe, travel4 Comments

Howdy all. After a few days in Istanbul on my Dhaka to Dakar Mission I was hitting the road to bash my way fast through Europe. I was really heading through Europe FAST – I was stopping in Sofia basically just to break the journey. I had considered taking a bus straight to Skopje, North …

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Finland Versus Sweden

On 23 May 202319 May 2023 By AndysWorldJourneysIn Europe, Eurovision, travel6 Comments

Howdy all. You know, Eurovision passed this year and I hadn’t done a SINGLE post on it! Well, it did occur 2 weeks after I returned home so I guess I was still adjusting to life back here in Australia after three months away, and I have managed to catch a lot of what happened …

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Just How Nice is Nice?

On 18 May 202312 May 2023 By AndysWorldJourneysIn Europe, Vlog6 Comments

The Nice jokes HAVE to stop! If only I could fight against the urge! Check out the latest vlog where I make my way from Florence to Nice by train, annoyingly this takes four separate train journeys! And then delve into this awesome French city on the Cote D'Azur. Oh, and I check out the …

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More of Amazing Florence

On 15 May 20238 May 2023 By AndysWorldJourneysIn Europe, Vlog2 Comments

Hi all! Please enjoy the second of my Florence vlogs which takes you to some interesting places from markets to churches, a little look at what you can buy in Florence and to the final resting place of Renaissance greats such as Michelangelo and Galileo! Enjoy - and don't forget to subscribe if you haven't …

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Why Florence Doesn’t Suck!

On 11 May 20238 May 2023 By AndysWorldJourneysIn Europe, Vlog2 Comments

Howdy all. I thought I would try a provocative title for this video, so there it is lol! This is the first of two Florence vlogs, and I have so much material there will be other more 'in depth' looks at some of the places I visited later in the year too. In this vlog …

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Ferry Adventures – Tirana to Florence by Bus, Ferry and Train!

On 8 May 20233 May 2023 By AndysWorldJourneysIn Europe, VlogLeave a comment

Howdy all! The latest vlog is here and I travel from Tirana (Albania) to Durres by bus, then take the ferry to Bari (Italy) from where it's high-speed rail to Florence! Check out the adventure! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo-7yo6njI4 Thanks for popping by! May the Journey Never End!

It’s Not Just Nice in Nice, it’s Delightful!

On 2 May 202327 Apr 2023 By AndysWorldJourneysIn Europe, travel photography2 Comments

Howdy all. Nice was a short stop on the Dhaka to Dakar trail, and here are some photos because it was a beautifully sunny day I had there and I found it a highly enjoyable city! Enjoy! Thanks for popping by! May the Journey Never End!

Unveiling the Lesser-known city of Skopje

On 1 May 202330 Apr 2023 By AndysWorldJourneysIn Europe, travel, Vlog4 Comments

Howdy all! Today it's a brand new vlog for you as I reveal a city that I found quite a few people hadn't heard of before I went travelling, and that's the interesting capital of the newly renamed North Macedonia, Skopje. Formerly part of the old Yugoslavia and fighting for statehood for a few hundred …

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