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Seventeen Days A Solo Traveler’ s Odyssey Through Europe Photos & Story by Jessica Martin

Somewhere above the Atlantic, between my small hometown of Charleston, WV, and the glittering skyline of Paris, I made peace with the fact that I would be arriving alone but not lonely. Seventeen days stretched before me— 17 days of cobblestones and castles, buttery pastries and unfamiliar train platforms. Seventeen days to chase old dreams across new countries.

Château de Chambord.
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