escaping the heat in dubrovnik’s hidden beach bar
after a 3 hour bus ride from kotor we arrived in dubrovnik during a stretch of, surprise surprise, hot arse weather. mid 30 degrees and almost 100% humidity. we made the mistake of venturing into old town on a brutally…
first 24 hours in warsaw (poland)
jojo: what do i like? -comfort food aka perogies aka i’m going to eat until resemble one -a capital city that’s relatively small in size; we haven’t explored much yet it feels a lot like zagreb which both of us…
Dubrovnik Old Town
Catching glimpses of Dubrovnik as we arrived by bus, I can agree that it is indeed the “Pearl of the Adriatic”. Dubrovnik is very beautiful from afar, clear crystal blue waters surround the walled old town with its white buildings…
the beaches of kotor: budva, plavi horizonti & sveti stefan
it doesnt take a lot of landlocked days in this heat to motivate us to find some water. although we were staying right on the edge of the bay of kotor we hadn’t realized that the water around town isn’t…
first 24 hours in berlin (germany)
jojo: what do i like? -not being bed/couchridden and actually being able to explore the town -the subway system – it reminds me a lot of tokyo with a seemingly endless number of connected lines but all accessible with one…
visiting perast, a montenegrin town of two islets
our next stop after tirana was the small historical town of kotor in montenegro. montenegro borders albania to the north and by bus it took us roughly six hours to get there from tirana. this marked the end of our…
hiking the kotor wall
it should be no surprise that after a few months on the road, that our fitness level is sorely lacking. yes, we tend to walk almost everywhere we need to go however neither of us have broken much of a…
weekly recap #22 – zagreb & prague
q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. zagreb (3 nights), prague (5 nights) q. favourite meal a. our last dinner in zagreb. pork spring rolls, beef empanadas, mixed greens and panko breaded pork tenderloin at street…
first 24 hours in prague (czech republic)
jojo: what do i like? -beautiful city. i don’t know how many cities i’ve said that about but the pictures of prague don’t do this city justice. the mouldings, spires, rooftops, windows, tramlines, bridges, castles and sunsets, cobblestone sidewalks, it’s…
the idiosyncrasies of albania, which we’ve learned to love
-unfinished buildings – we noticed this in every town we passed and even in the countryside. buildings will be built up and a large number are left dormant at various stages of construction (with no sign of construction equipment onsite). …
