I remember those days back in Denver, land of wide streets and ample parking, like a distant dream. “Let’s rent a car and drive all over the Balkans! We can visit all of these tiny towns and hike and sip…
Author: Rachel
Rome! Rome! Rome!
WHAT A CITY! Rome demands all caps and italics. From the second we set foot on the rainy streets, it was love at first sight. The noise! The smells! The scooters! The people exclaiming in Italian! I get it now.…
Lovely Ljubljana
Ljubljana is, quite simply, the nicest and most pleasant city I have ever been to. And I’m from Salt Lake, land of incredibly nice and pleasant Mormons! Yet this Slovenian capital even trumps (sidenote: it’s a shame that this excellent…
Zany Zagreb
We’ve been on the road for a little over two months now, and traveling now feels like a way of life. I can’t remember what it’s like to own a closetful of clothes (in fact, I think when I finally…
The Myth Of The Extrovert Traveler
During the first exciting moments of planning a new journey, before the mad Googling begins, I like to crack open a guidebook (heeeey, Rick Steves), and savor the introduction. How thrilling it is to imagine visiting these exotic lands, wandering…
Dubrovnik: A Travel Fail Tale
Oh, Dubrovnik. I knew this would happen. I knew eventually we would come to a place that didn’t quite meet expectations and I would hit a traveling wall and my inner vagabonding balloon would deflate. Fitting that this happened in…
Tito’s (Crazy Weird) Bunker
I’ve realized two things since arriving in Poland almost two months ago.1) I was/am incredibly ignorant about how the post-WWII period affected these countries (but I’m trying! I’m reading books, because I’m funemployed and have time for that) and 2)…
Subtle Sarajevo
Sarajevo is the first place we’ve been that didn’t smack us in the face with it’s awesomeness. Krakow has Wawel Castle, Berlin is modern and magnificent, Prague has the prettiest wedding cake streets, Budapest is embraced by the beautiful Danube,…
Lake Plitvice National Park
A Croatian Tale Of Two Very Different Nature Experiences We have officially started our Great Balkans Road Trip! So far our trusty rental car (it’s an Opel Corsa. Don’t even know what that is, but I do know it has…
The Most Beautiful-And Emotional-Sights in Budapest
Budapest was one of those places where, to me, we never quite hit our culinary stride*: being there during Yom Kippur probably didn’t help. Don’t get me wrong, the food we ate was good, and I now have a deeper…