Sightseeing
chasing more waterfalls at plitvice lakes national park
our third stop in croatia was plitvice national parks, the biggest and oldest of the country. it is also a unesco heritage site, one of less than 10 in the country and is by far the most popular of the…
exploring croatia: klis fortress & krka national park
i’ve learned that driving to croatia can be both relaxing (like our coastal drive), harrowing like trying to find our split airbnb in a city built on one-way traffic and on this day, extra confusing. why do i say that? …
weekly summary #23 – berlin & warsaw
q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. berlin (templehof-schoneberg, hotel, 5 nights) warsaw (airbnb, centrum, 3 nights) q. favourite meal a. perogies, borscht and the polish version of a schnitzel at our first (but definitely not…
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…
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…
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…
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…
