The Adventures of Philomena Fogg

The ramblings and mishaps of a wannabe world traveler

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Hallstatt, Munich, Neuschwanstein

On March 7, I was spending half of my second day in Salzburg by traveling to Hallstatt, a picturesque lakeside village a short trip from...

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Nov 24, 202016 min read

Vienna, Bratislava, and Salzburg

When I initially started looking at flights from Cape Town back to Newark, the cheapest one had a 20 hour layover in Vienna. 20 hours...

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Nov 9, 202011 min read

Hamburg, Amsterdam, & Bruges

On the morning of June 11, we woke up at our campsite in Copenhagen, packed up all of the tents and bags, and after a quick breakfast, we...

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Oct 12, 20169 min read

Berlin & Copenhagen

When I left off my last blog post (Two months ago! I'm so sorry, I've been quite busy. I just moved into a new apartment!), we had just...

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Aug 28, 20167 min read

Krakow & Prague

On June 3, we packed up the campsite in Budapest and left for Krakow, Poland. I was really excited about going to Poland because I know a...

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Jul 2, 20165 min read

My Last Week in Spain and Exploring Budapest

After a very long hiatus, I’m back to tell you about my last hurrah of a trip. It was seven different cities, and you all know how much I...

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Jun 25, 201611 min read

The Last Getaway for Quintanareñas

In school last week, I went to my usual classes in the high school, helping mostly with speaking exams or correcting pronunciation. At...

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May 24, 20165 min read

Erin and Clare Go to Portugal

I left off with my last blog during the first week of May. I don't have anything blog-worthy to share about my time at school, but I had...

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May 17, 201611 min read

I Finally Went to the Beach...in a Swimsuit!

The beginning of the last week of April was uneventful. I went to most of my classes in the high school, but I can never get through a...

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May 3, 201611 min read

A Trip Up North and a Camping Excursion

I had to take a week of from my blog last week because I wasn't in Quintanar on Tuesday. But before I get ahead of myself, I'll pick up...

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Apr 26, 20167 min read

A Spring Wedding and a Day in Cuenca

After I got back from spring break in Ireland, I had school for three days and then it was the weekend again! I did a reading activity...

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Apr 12, 20167 min read

Spring Break Part Two: Ireland

Early on Tuesday, March 22, Julia and I headed to the airport to catch our flight from London to Dublin. We were lucky to get seats near...

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Apr 5, 20169 min read

Spring Break Part One: London

I wasn't able to write last week because last week was my spring break, and on Tuesday, I was in Dublin. But I'll pick up where I left...

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Mar 29, 20167 min read

The Basque Word for Rain Is "Euria"

I took another week off from my blog last week because when I don't travel, I often do nothing on weekends. So during the weekend of...

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Mar 8, 20169 min read

A Viennese Visit

After Morgan and I got back from El Escorial, I did nothing interesting for the next 10 days. The highlight of that time was going to the...

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Feb 23, 20168 min read

Weekend of Carnaval

I didn't post a blog last week because I didn't want to write two boring posts in a row, so I’ll write something short about it now....

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Feb 9, 201614 min read

Back in the Swing of Things

Once I got back from Egypt, things quieted down a little. I got back on a Sunday evening, and I had work at the high school on Monday. I...

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Jan 26, 20164 min read

The Haggertys Celebrate Christmas in Spain

I left off my last blog post in Madrid, where I was staying overnight because my family was flying into the Madrid airport in the...

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Jan 12, 201615 min read

A Christmas Post

Hello to my faithful readers! I don't have much to tell you this week because I've been very boring in the last week. But I did want to...

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Dec 22, 20153 min read

A Weekend in Wine Country

Last week was laughably short, because we had Monday and Tuesday off, and I always have Fridays off, so I only had work for two days last...

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Dec 15, 20156 min read

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