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Denmark, Travel Words

Nyhavn: New Harbour

People describe NyHavn like it used to be some sort of crazy Sodomorra where Danish sailors hit land and immediately lost their Ludfisk-loving minds. These days, however, it seems like more of a place where foreign tourist hit land to sample Danish food and drink (impressively good!) Danish beer on […]

Azerbaijan, Travel Words

Hiking in Lahic

As beautiful as the Old Town of Lahic looks, my favorite selling point of the city was the ample opportunity for hiking around the village. Give me a beautiful old village with an interesting local twist to traditional culture surrounded by accessible nature, though, and I’m sold pretty much anywhere […]

Azerbaijan, Travel Words

Sheki Karavansaray

Lonely Planet would have you believe that Sheki is the crown jewel of traveling in Azerbaijan, reason enough in and of itself to visit the country. This is not entirely true, but only because there are cooler places in the nation. Indeed thinking back on Azerbaijan, I think we met […]