Mapping My Month: January 2015

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: Mapping My Month: January 2015: Is it just me, or did December fly by?  I'm still reeling from the whirlwind of the Christmas season and can hardly believe a new m...

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: The Ghosts of Gettysburg

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: The Ghosts of Gettysburg: The Battle of Gettysburg is perhaps the most well-known and iconic of the American Civil War, immortalized in films such as Maxwell'...

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: Wining & Dining in Rome

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: Wining & Dining in Rome: It almost goes without saying that you can't visit Italy without encountering at least one spectacular meal.  We enjoyed our favo...

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: Roman Skyline (2014)

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: Throwback Thursday: Roman Skyline (2014): While modern skylines have their appeal, I must admit that I prefer Rome 's to skyscrapers any day.  A visit to the Castel Sant'Angelo...

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: On a Personal Note

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: On a Personal Note: Good morning, everyone! As we approach the holiday season, it will be somewhat quiet on the blog.  Christmas parties, short work-weeks,...

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: Throwback Thursday: Old Town Square, Prague (2012)...

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: Throwback Thursday: Old Town Square, Prague (2012)...: Ah, Prague - the city straight out of a fairy tale!  Every street of the old town is begging to be photographed, beautiful churches b...

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: "All Roads Lead to Bavaria" Giveaway

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: "All Roads Lead to Bavaria" Giveaway: A s mentioned previously , we have purchased airfare for a return trip to Europe this spring!  Excitement doesn't even begin to desc... (Read more about the giveaway here!)

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: Strasbourg, Up Close & Personal

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: Strasbourg, Up Close & Personal: For more on Strasbourg, see here ! Half-timbered houses Gothic carvings The saints on the Notre Dame  of Strasbourg ...

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: Visiting Strasbourg Cathedral

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: Visiting Strasbourg Cathedral: W hat's 142 meters high, built from thousands of tonnes of sandstone, and boasted the tallest spire in the world for 227 years (1647-...

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: Throwback Thursday: San Antonio River Walk (2011)

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: Throwback Thursday: San Antonio River Walk (2011): O n our visit to San Antonio in 2011, we had a chance to wander along the River Walk for a few hours.  It was a cool respite from the T...

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: 3 Must-Do's in Strasbourg

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: 3 Must-Do's in Strasbourg: "I've never even heard of Strasbourg." This is the most common response when mentioning this French city in a conversatio...

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: Mapping My Month: December 2014

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: Mapping My Month: December 2014: ONLY 25 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!!! Yes, I am one of those overly enthusiastic Christmas nutters.  I've been listening to Christmas mu...

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: Selecting the "Perfect" Hotel

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: Selecting the "Perfect" Hotel: A s a thrifty traveler, my requirements for hotels can be condensed to just three things: clean rooms, accommodating staff, and a safe lo...

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: London, Up Close & Personal

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: London, Up Close & Personal: For more from our trip to London, please see here ! Big Ben himself The Madonna and Child at Westminster Abbey Winged Victo...

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: Thoughts from London

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: Thoughts from London: These were my Facebook updates on my 48-hour whirlwind trip to London this past February.  It brings back all the warm and fuzzy feels! ...

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: Throwback Thursday: Tower Bridge (2014)

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: Throwback Thursday: Tower Bridge (2014): Ah, Tower Bridge... it's quintessentially London!  It provides a stunning photo backdrop, but did you know you can tour the inside, ...

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: 48 Hours in London

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: 48 Hours in London: S o... you're going to London!  The home of Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, and Earl Gray tea has a million sights and activities to offe...

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: 5 Places That Draw Me Back

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: 5 Places That Draw Me Back: A s travelers, we have lists of all shapes and sizes.  It's almost a prerequisite in the travel blogging sphere that you have several...

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: Liars & Lovers in Rome

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: Liars & Lovers in Rome: E ver wondered if there were a romantic way to find out if your lover is a liar? Well, wonder no more!  Just buy a few plane tickets to...

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: Throwback Thursday: Harburg Castle, Germany (2012)...

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: Throwback Thursday: Harburg Castle, Germany (2012)...: P erched on the side of a mountain above a small town of the same name, Harburg Castle has guarded the Romantic Road in Germany's B...

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: Veteran's Day

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: Veteran's Day: T oday the United States commemorates and honors our military veterans with ceremonies, expressions of gratitude, and a plethora of discou...

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: Hotel Andreotti, Cheerful & Charming

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The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: "Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down This Wall!"

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: "Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down This Wall!": T his historic challenge by U.S. President Ronald Reagan to the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in June 1987 embodied the resolution of a...

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: Och Aye, A Wee Bit o' Scotland & Ireland in Virgin...

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The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: Sunrise over Sinjar

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The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: WOW Air Wants to Wow Transatlantic Travelers with ...

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: WOW Air Wants to Wow Transatlantic Travelers with ...: E ver dreamed of flying from the United States to Europe without having to sell an arm and a leg?  Iceland-based airline WOW Air wants to ...

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: A Taste of Barboursville Vineyards

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: A Taste of Barboursville Vineyards: L ocated in the heart of the Virginia Piedmont, Barboursville Vineyards entices visitors with stunning landscapes, evocative ruins of a ...

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: Mapping My Month: November 2014

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The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: Throwback Thursday: Karuma Game Reserve, Uganda (2...

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: Throwback Thursday: Karuma Game Reserve, Uganda (2...: C heck out the horns on this bad boy!  I met him while on a safari excursion in Karuma Game Reserve, located near Murchison Falls Natio...

The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: A Country Mouse in the Big City

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The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: Rome By Night

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The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: The Spanish Steps & Not-So-Free Roses in Rome

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The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: Throwback Thursday: The Alamo (2011)

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The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: Getting Lost in the Vatican Museum

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The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: Brainstorming the Next Destination

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The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: Creating an Itinerary for Campania & Rome

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Throwback Thursday: Rothenburg o.d. Tauber (2012)

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Where to eat in Pompeii

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The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: A Day at St. Peter's Basilica

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The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels: 7 Real-Life Disney Places

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Please follow us at www.ThriftyGypsyTravels.blogspot.com!

This website is currently not in use anymore!  Please follow us at The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels! All our social media accounts are still the same; just have a new URL for the blog itself. We have a new post up today about our visit to St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.

Thanks!

We've Changed Our URL!

Source.

So on Saturday I thought it'd be a great idea to change the URL of my blog.  I'd originally started The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels under a "justathriftygypsy" URL, but after seven months I found that it just didn't fit.  It was too much of a mouthful, and it didn't match the name of the blog.  Why hadn't I put it under "ThriftyGypsyTravels" in the first place?!

Well, rather impulsively, I decided to synchronize everything with a URL change.  And then over the next three days, I saw my web traffic plummet.

Duh.

I never claimed to be a genius!  Even though my social media accounts are all the same (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest), I think I underestimated the followers I'd gained through Blogger, Disqus, Wordpress, and Bloglovin'.  So I reactivated this particular (old) url to let you guys know...

Please Follow Us at www.ThriftyGypsyTravels.blogspot.com!!!

All my posts (past, present, and future) are there.  And I promise that I will not be making URL changes again in the future -- unless it's to claim my own independent URL, in which case I'll be famous and rich enough by then to hire a professional to set up an automatic redirecting.  ;)

Thanks for your understanding!

We Have Moved!

Please check us out at www.ThriftyGypsyTravels.blogspot.com for all the latest travel tips, recaps, and photos!  An explanation as to the url change can be seen on my post here.

Our social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram) have all remained the same. Our Bloglovin' account can be accessed here.

Thanks!