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Ernie Explores
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Qatar – Night 1
So, as you know we made it safe and sound to Doha. First impressions? This city/country has gone wild for the World Cup! Every single place you look, there is World Cup branding. It seems we have landed in the right place! Super excited! First thing is first. We arrive at the airport, and we…
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Kuwait – Less Than 24 Hours
So as we eluded to, we didn’t budget much time in Kuwait. Just enough time to go out and see a few things. And we started that as soon as we took the taxi downtown to our hotel. Quite the skyline! And our view from the hotel window didn’t disappoint. We immediately left the hotel…
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Travel, Travel, Travel
Finally started our journey today! The first “day” was pretty long. Our first flight was a little delayed taking off, so we only had five hours in Montreal. Only. We missed the entirety of Portugal – Morocco on television… why the airport wasn’t full of TVs playing the World Cup is beyond us.. but! we…
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World Cup 2022 – Here We Go!
The time is finally here! Soon we will be leaving for the Qatar 2022 World Cup! After much planning, packing, and re-planning it’s finally time. Let’s go have some fun!
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Beijing And Done
Our last morning/day in Beijing! Better get moving! We woke up nice and early, finished packing, and left the hotel. After failing twice trying to enter the Forbidden City we were determined not to fail a third time. We got there about 20 minutes after it opened… and wouldn’t you know it… all 80,000 tickets…
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Beijing – Day 2
Good morning from Beijing! We wanted to get going nice and early… but still being a bit tired we only left the hotel around 10 in the morning. Still not too bad. By 10:30 we were at the Forbidden City ready to go in. Look at that smile! And this is just past that gate.…
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Hong Kong to Beijing
So… remember how I said that my partner set their alarm for 5:10 am? Just to be safe he also set one for 5:20. When did he wake up? 5:40. Do you remember what time the flight was at? 7:40. Yep… he woke up 2 hours before his international flight, and we were in the…
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Tokyo to Hong Kong
Well it is time to say ありがとう to Japan for our stay, and it is off to the airport! Our last train ride of Japan. The JR Rail Pass has been excellent, and we highly, highly recommend it to any visitor! So convenient! Now it is time to stand in line and wait for our train to…
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Tokyo – Day 2
Well, this is our last full day in Japan! It seems like the trip is quickly coming to a close… But we still have a couple of days left to enjoy this extreme heat. At least Japan knows that it is extremely hot and tries to cool you down however possible. Like this cooling system…
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Tokyo – Day 1
After a late arrival to Tokyo last night, searching for somewhere to stay from the free WiFi zone in Tokyo Station, and then walking around in circles around our hotel with all of our stuff… it seemed like our Tokyo adventure would never start! But that was quickly put aside to take in this MASSIVE…
Check out my last World Cup trip on my old blog! You can find blog posts from my trip from Helsinki, Finland to Vladivostok, Russia.
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During that trip we visited Helsinki, Tallinn, Riga, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Ulan Ude, Sliudianka, Ulaanbataar, Chita, and Vladivostok. You can find the end of that trip on this website (Vladivostok, Tokyo, Kyoto, Hong Kong, and Beijing).