My first visit to France was 1998 with my family. We were coincidentally there when they won the World Cup. Good memories. However, my favorite memory of France is visiting the Normandy WW2 sites with 2 friends in 2014. We drove from Germany through Paris to Caen. Interestingly, we had a hotel booked out near…
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I first stopped in Greece on my epic road trip of 2012, but I didn’t feel I’d done it justice. I hadn’t been to Athens, and the history nerd in me knew I needed to get there. I took a 4-day weekend and did just that in February 2014. Athens was everything I’d hoped it…
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Another long weekend from work, so we flew to Istanbul. I’d been there before, but the trip had been a bit of a disaster, given that my train to Istanbul broke down for 24 hours in the middle of Bulgaria. This trip, though? It was great. We walked around, had a great rooftop dinner, and…
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I first went to Rome in 2007. It was super hot when I was there, and I didn’t feel like walking around much. This time, I walked, walked, walked. I wasn’t sure when, if ever, I’d be back. I also visited nearly every shop with vegan gelato in the city. That alone is worth the…
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I first went to the Holy See / Vatican City years ago and walked around the outside, but that’s not the interesting part. It was a summer, and the line was brutally long. This time, I bought a ticket online in advance, and that’s definitely the way to go. You’re not supposed to take pictures…
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The Wandering Vegan
ryan@wanderingvegan.net
My name is Ryan.
I caught the travel bug at a young age, and here are the tales of my wanderlust, surprise vegan food finds, and adventures across the planet.
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