Under a Spell- Sicily
There is something about Sicily that I find so inviting. Under the radar of the average tourist, I spent hours and hours organizing road/train trips around Sicily that never worked […]
There is something about Sicily that I find so inviting. Under the radar of the average tourist, I spent hours and hours organizing road/train trips around Sicily that never worked […]
South Korea was never on my trava-radar: high tech, amazing infrastructure, easy access, omnipresent wifi… Why should I visit? Apart from mainstream history, culture and wild Korean tv drama, I […]
A bunch of years ago, I spent a year working out of Singapore. Fearless to MSG, I ate like a pig relative to my 5 foot size. Although I ‘presumed’ […]
At 5pm, right before sunset, we made it to Sofia’s city center. Confronted by dull skies and light rain, we zoomed around all the famous landmarks on foot in less […]
From Plovdiv we headed to Rila Monastery, 300kms away. Although Sofia was much closer (150km away), we decided to spend more time on the road and visit Rila. During our […]
In the rain, our guide maneuvered the car into a maze of alleyways along Plovdiv’s naturally elevated old town. Plovdiv, which goes back 6,000 years ago, is rich in historical […]
Shipka Pass, 1300 meters up in the Bulgarian mountains, was covered in snow, which meant one of two things; either risk our necks for a crash course in history that […]
From Bucharest we zipped by empty green fields, which would have been invaded by sunflowers with their heads turned to face the sky had we visited in Spring, and headed […]
For a little bit of German in the Carpathians, we spent the night in Brasov after visiting Bran and Peles Castle. On our way down to the city center, just […]
Although we didn’t interview the vampire (was filmed here), we learned five non spooky facts: Vlad the Impalor, the Prince of Wallachia, who Dracula was named after didn’t live in […]