Tag: Europe

Escape from Europe: Backpacking in the Time of Coronavirus

Mar 24, 2020

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Harmon

in Travelogue 2019-20

Late on March 10th, I arrived in Dubrovnik. Two days earlier, on March 8th, Italy had expanded its coronavirus lockdown from a small town in Lombardy to much of northern Italy. On March 9th, the lockdown had been expanded to the entire country. Hostel owners in Greece had told me about increasing coronavirus cancellations, but…
Travelogue #14: Goodbye Asia (Tokyo)

Feb 24, 2020

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by

Harmon

in Travelogue 2019-20

I’ll freely admit I didn’t make the most of my time in Tokyo. Part of it is because all my late nights in Kyoto caught up to me and I had to spend a few precious days resting back at the hostel, but also I think it took me too long to get into the…