I really didn't know too much about Slovakia before visiting, aside from a vague idea that it's full of mountains. But when our bus crossed the border from Ukraine and I found myself on a winding road through green hills dotted by colorful villages my heart rate raised to a ...
A Detour through Ukraine (Yes, It Was Safe)
I'm not sure how to describe the feeling of going from visiting Auschwitz one day, and then two days later finding myself in a country at war. Our trip through the Baltics and Poland was in many ways like a journey back through European history lessons - mostly focused on ...
I Heart Krakow – in Rain, Sleet, or Shine!
I'm sure you do it too - before going on holiday I cross my fingers and toes that, please, please, Mother Nature, it won't rain. And maybe it will even be sunny? The problem with long-term travel is of course that, as hard as I try to route my trip zig-zagging away from weather ...
Cieszyn: Two Countries, One Magical Town
Remember how I met up with Kamila in Warsaw? Do you follow her blog at all? If you do then you know what her top suggestion for me for Poland was: Cieszyn. No, I didn't just misspell Krakow, it turns out that if you go to two places in Poland, one of them needs to be Cieszyn ...
A Gnome-Guided Tour of Wroclaw
If you've read anything about Wrocław then chances are you know about the city's most famous residents - the gnomes! While I had previously assumed it was just a tourist gimmick, Kami explained to me that they actually stem from the Orange Alternative movement in Poland in the ...