• first 24 hours in zagreb (croatia)

    jojo: what do i like? -being the capital of croatia, big city = options.  have options for food other than grilled meat, pasta and pizza.  woohoo! -very accessible city.  many tram lines, all above ground meaning no time spent walking…

  • that time we spent an afternoon in a nuclear bunker

    with one and a half days in tirana, we had just enough time to do a little sightseeing.  there were a number of museums in the core of the city where we were staying but one particular museum stood out…

  • our short but sweet stopover in tirana

    our european itinerary has been all over the map and has seen numerous changes as the weeks have gone on.  about the only thing we knew for certain was that we wanted to spend two weeks in croatia however getting…

  • the beaches of the albanian riviera

    we spent five days in sarandë and had two days to spend roadtripping it out in search of beaches.  spending our first day on our hotel’s private beach was a great day in it’s own right but we had no…

  • Day Trips from Sarande

    The Blue Eye and Butrint were two sights recommended by various blogs as two places one must see while in Sarande. Although both sites are reachable by bus, we decided to rent a car to drive to both places so…

  • weekly recap #21 – split, lake plitvice & porec

    q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. split (airbnb, veli varos, 2 nights), lake plitvice (airbnb, 1 night), porec (airbnb, 4 nights) q. favourite meal a. we took a wrong turn on our daytrip from porec…

  • the sarandë promenade

    the main promenade of sarandë looked to be the most built up area of town* that we’ve seen during our stay in town.  it’s one of the longest stretches of uninterrupted waterfront property we saw and it stands out a…

  • first 24 hours in porec (croatia)

    jojo: what do i like? -beach town vibe.  with every city/town we’ve moved to within croatia, the vibe has gotten more and more relaxed.  we’ve been on the go a lot over the last week, covering over 1000km by car…

  • r&r time at hotel mucobega in sarandë

    coming off of one heck of a travel day, we got dropped off at our lodging in sarandë in the pouring rain.  with the only things on our minds being to dry off and sleep off our travels, we did…

  • meeting up with my parents in copenhagen

    after a month in spain and portugal we planned for a short stay in denmark.  i hadn’t seen my parents since we set off in january and their cruise was based out of copenhagen so we managed to spend two…