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The Street Art of Skopje, Macedonia

Vito ValentinettiSeptember 24, 2020

Welcome to Day #5 of 100 Days of Travel. It’s a new world and a new type of traveling. For the next 100 days, I’m exploring Macedonia as safely as possible. Today, I'm checking out the burgeoning street art scene here in Skopje. While mostly known fo...

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I Hiked: Matka Canyon (Skopje, Macedonia)

Vito ValentinettiSeptember 23, 2020

Welcome to Day #4 of 100 Days of Travel. It’s a new world and a new type of traveling. For the next 100 days I’m exploring Macedonia as safely as possible. I've returned to Matka Canyon for another hike. Instead of hiking to monasteries hidden in ...

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Brutalism, Democracy, The Post Office: Adventures in Voting

Vito ValentinettiSeptember 22, 2020

Welcome to Day #3 of 100 Days of Travel. It’s a new world and a new type of traveling. For the next 100 days I’m exploring Macedonia as safely as possible. I was never that much into brutalism until I saw the main branch of the Skopje Post Office....

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I Hiked: St. Nikola Monastery (Matka, Macedonia)

Vito ValentinettiSeptember 21, 2020

Welcome to Day #2 of 100 Days of Travel. It’s a new world and a new type of traveling. For the next 100 days I’m exploring Macedonia as safely as possible. This stunner of a hike is a wonderful introduction to the Matka Canyon nature area just out...

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The Next Adventure: 100 Days of Travel

Vito ValentinettiSeptember 20, 2020

Now that I'm moving again (albeit very cautiously), I began dreaming of my next adventure. If you haven't noticed by now, I'm a big fan of 100-day trips. At first, I imagined 100 Days of Macedonia, but remember from my last journey through these p...

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I Hiked: The Limonero Dam (Málaga, Spain)

Vito ValentinettiSeptember 17, 2020

Easily accessible from Málaga, this hike just outside the city limits rambles along the shoreline of the man-made Limonero Reservoir, across the dam, and back down into the city. The Trailhead This is a difficult hike to get lost on as you m...

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The Street Art of Malaga: Late Summer 2020 Edition

Vito ValentinettiSeptember 12, 2020

With the easing of restrictions after Spain's 100-day State of Alarm, artists returned to the streets creating murals across the city. It was comforting to see a semblance of normality returning to a country that suffered through one of the most extr...

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The Street Art of Torremolinos, Spain

Vito ValentinettiSeptember 9, 2020

Torremolinos, a chilled out beach town on the Costa del Sol, didn't have nearly as much street art as Malaga or Estepona, but there are more than a few interesting and important pieces to check out in the city center. Let's start with the two most fa...

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I’m Off to Macedonia! (And My Mom Has Questions)

Vito ValentinettiSeptember 9, 2020

The next stop on my COVID-19 tour is taking me to Macedonia, as long as Spain doesn't go into another lockdown or my flights are cancelled for a third time. Being a travel writer in 2020 is challenging to say the least, but still marginally better th...

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