
The Gift of Baggage
In the summer of 2000, I set out on my first proper backpacking tour of Central and Eastern Europe. For six weeks I would be

In the summer of 2000, I set out on my first proper backpacking tour of Central and Eastern Europe. For six weeks I would be

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