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48 Hours in Stockholm – A Not-So-Touristy Itinerary!

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Stockholm – The beautiful capital city of Sweden. Many months ago, Swiss Airlines ran some promotional fares for Europe and I decided to fly into Stockholm in May on my own for a short visit, before hopping over to Norway for more adventures! 2 Days in Stockholm, solo On a Wednesday morning in spring, I landed in Stockholm at 9am. I was to fly out to Bergen at 1pm on Friday, so I actually had less than 48 hours to explore Stockholm. With the limited time, it took me quite a bit of research to figure out where to go and what to see for my Stockholm trip. I didn’t wanna do tourist hotspots just because they’re listed in the guides. I only wanna go where I think I’ll be happy to go. That’s one of the top benefits of solo-travel =D Places to visit in Stockholm, according to travel guides Vasa Museum, to see the Warship that sank This would be the #1 attraction that all the guides and blogs will recommend. However, I didn’t visit, and don’t regret...

Amazing Rajasthan Cities that Will Make You Feel Royal

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Doesn’t Rajasthan just sound like a place that’s royal? Before I even went there I just kept envisioning the scene in Aladdin (yes, I know that’s not where it was based) where he’s parading through the desert and up to the palace with elephants, camels, and peacocks. Well, even if it’s not really where Aladdin is based, everything else I thought I’d see was, which completely fulfilled my life-long dream of feeling like Jasmine, even if just for a few days. That’s because Rajasthan is known as the land of the Royals in India, and the area is officially considered a State, which lies just west of Agra and the Taj Mahal, and consists of several different main cities. My plan was to travel from New Delhi, down to Agra to see the Taj Mahal, then across Rajasthan before heading South to Mumbai, and looking back at it now, I seriously wish I had more time to spend there! Rajasthan was a completely different world than the one I experienced first in New Delhi, and I remember it being like ...