{"id":28280,"date":"2019-01-03T09:15:35","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T07:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/larisacostea.com\/?p=28280"},"modified":"2019-01-18T11:55:14","modified_gmt":"2019-01-18T09:55:14","slug":"2018-more-than-100-days-of-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/larisacostea.com\/ro\/2019\/01\/2018-more-than-100-days-of-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 – More than 100 days of travel"},"content":{"rendered":"
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These first days of the year have been a great opportunity to realize how great of a year 2018 has been. At the end of the year with everybody being away and me getting so bored, I kind of forgot how amazing my year has been.
\nThe reason why I\u2019m telling you this is not to brag or anything, but to inspire you to chase your dreams, travel more, read more, do what you like in essence.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

\nSince I\u2019ve shared so many retrospective stories with you guys, I\u2019ve received so many messages from people congratulating me for my year. That kind of got me thinking and without modesty I can tell you that I am the one that made my year so great. How is that? Super simple. I\u2019ve learned to say yes to challenges and adventure and this has made me extremely happy.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

\nThe main reason why I\u2019ve traveled so much was not thinking too much about whether or not we should go somewhere and just go for it. Of course, that our blogging job kind of made it easier, but in the end it was all worth it, both the traveling and the working. We\u2019ve had to work 2 or 3 times harder to make that possible, but hard work that you love in the end is what makes you happier and fulfilled.<\/span><\/span>About chasing your dreams… Find that thing that you truly love and you\u2019re good at and quit your job. I\u2019m not saying that it\u2019s easy, but in the end you\u2019ll have no regrets and I think that is the most important thing in life.<\/div>\n
Before starting this blog I was struggling like any other teenager with the thought that I should get a job and a purpose in life. That didn\u2019t come easy and I\u2019ve hated everything I\u2019ve tried, from trying to be a reporter to news anchor and to teaching a class full of kids. Those jobs weren\u2019t for me and instead of accepting one of them and living miserably for the rest of my life, I\u2019ve found my calling. This is why whenever I don\u2019t work now, I feel miserable and I want to go back to work. These days at the end of the year are always the worst for me and cannot wait for everyone to get back to work and for us to start working again.<\/div>\n

\nMy mom for example enjoys so much her days off and doesn\u2019t want to start working because she doesn\u2019t really like her job and her time home is better, very opposed to what we\u2019re feeling these days of \u2018holiday\u2019. And if I tell her that she should quit her job and start a business, for example a flower shop, because she\u2019s obsessed with flowers, she always finds reasons not to do it. \u2018It\u2019s too late now\u2019, \u2018I\u2019m too old\u2019 or any other excuses she finds in order not to do what she loves and why? What is the purpose of that? Doing something that makes you miserable instead of being happy and chasing your dreams? For me it is 1000 times easier to struggle doing what I love, than doing something that I hate but that has 0 risks.
\nIn conclusion, don\u2019t wait for next year or don\u2019t say \u2018now it\u2019s not the right time\u2019, because it will never be. You\u2019re one step away from making your dreams come true and the only thing you have to do is work and just take that first step. The next one will follow and so on until one day you will wake up and looking behind you\u2019ll realize you are living the dream. \"\ud83d\ude4c\ud83c\udffc\"\"\u2764\ufe0f\"<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u00a0In 2017 we’ve traveled a lot, some will say, but we thought of breaking our own record and this is why in 2018 we’ve traveled even more to amazing bucket list destinations for us and did a lot of things for the first time. Here are our travels from last year in order, from January till December. We’ve been away for 108 days, 31 flights. We’ve been to 14 countries and over 68 cities and villages.<\/div>\n
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Haria – Villa Delmas (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Coloradamar Bungalows (see more)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Playa Papagayo (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Cyprus in February<\/strong><\/div>\n
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King Jason Paphos (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Royal Apollonia (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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La Maison Blanche (see more)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Barbara Huttons house and surroundings (see more)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Rabat<\/p>\n

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Riad Souika(see more)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Kasbah, Oudayas(see more)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Marrakech<\/p>\n

Riad Monceau (see more)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Souks (see more)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Nomad restaurant (see more)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Jardin Majorelle (see more)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Fes (see more)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Chefchaouen (see more)<\/a><\/p>\n

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April was for Holland and the tulip fields<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Amterdam (see more)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Giethoorn\u00a0(see more)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Amstelveen (see more)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Blokzil (see more)<\/a><\/p>\n

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May in Puglia<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bari (see more)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Field of poppies on the way to Ostuni (see more)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Polignano a Mare (see more)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Lama Monachile (see more)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Monopoli (see more)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Tenuta Monacelle (see more)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Villa San Martino (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Locorotondo (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Alberobello (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Masseria Il Frantoio (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Ostuni<\/div>\n
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June and our wedding anniversary at 2000m height in a hot air balloon<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Goreme<\/div>\n
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Vista Cave (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Swords Valley (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Sultan Caves (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Henna Konak (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Royal Balloon (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Pasabagi (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Vineyard Cave(see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Uchisar Pigeons Valley (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Balat Istanbul (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Sura Hagia Sofia (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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July in Rome and Tuscany<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Rome Piazza del Campidoglio (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Villa Doria Pamphili (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Fontana di Trevi (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Tuscany<\/div>\n
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Siena (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Lucca (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Montepulciano (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Pienza (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Follonico (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Sunflower field in Tuscany (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Adler Thermae (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Wheat field (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Pisa (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Le Macine di Stigliano (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Roat trip to Montenegro in August
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\u00a01st stop in Serbia<\/div>\n
Kopaonik (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Montenegro<\/div>\n
Kotor (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Belvedere Residence (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Perast (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Villa Dolphin (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Petrovac (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Dubrovnik Croatia (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Mostar – Bosnia & Herzegovina (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Transilvania August- September<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Cluj<\/div>\n
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Sibiu (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Biertan (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Budapest in September was a dream<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Fisherman’s Bastion & Matthias Church (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Szechenyi Thermal Baths (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Saint Istvan Church and the restaurants around<\/a><\/div>\n
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Parliament (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Chain Bridge (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Pest-Buda (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Szentendre (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Santorini in October<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Agia Ekaterini Oia (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Oia Windmills (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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360 Caldera View Villa (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Ayama Hideaway Villa (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Calm Collection (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Milano and Pasta World Championship – October\u00a0<\/a>(see more)
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November Moieciu<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Amfiteatrul Transilvania (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Moieciu (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Sardinia in November<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Maison du Charme (see more)<\/a> – Cagliari<\/div>\n
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Villanova (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Bastione di Santa Croce (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Alghero (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Mannois in Orosei (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Oristano Regina D’Arborea (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Oristano (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Hot weather in December in Israel<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Savoy Seaside (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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By14 Hotel (see more)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Jaffa<\/div>\n
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