As I sit on my deck on the main tourist street leading up to the Old Bridge in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, I’m inspired to write a little love note to one of our favorite travel companies. I’ve talked a lot about miles and points on this blog, but I haven’t yet written a post […]
Archives for September 2015
Sarajevo’s Somber Sunsets
Our next stop after Macedonia along the Balkan Peninsula was Bosnia and Herzegovina. Although it is one country, the terms “Bosnia” and “Herzegovina” refer to geographic regions of the country. The borders between the two regions are vague, but Bosnia makes up the bulk of the geography in the north and Herzegovina a small section […]
Macedonia’s Heavenly Food and Wine
A huge reason why we loved Macedonia so much was the country’s out-of-this-world cuisine. It is a delightful blend of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern influence, all rolled up in an excellent growing climate for fruit, vegetables, and wine and local expertise with dairy products. The result? Absolutely delicious and mostly healthy meals served up at a […]
Macedonia: Europe’s Best-Kept Secret
Macedonia is the first country we spontaneously added to our trip agenda. This still fairly undiscovered country north of Greece first hit our radars after reading the New York Times’ “52 Places to Go in 2015.” Not many of our favorite travel bloggers have made it to Macedonia yet, but the few articles we did read […]
Our Poland and Prague Budget
Poland and Prague: another random grouping for expediency’s sake. Besides their first letters, these two don’t have much in common (especially since one is a country and one is city… but let’s not split hairs here :-), except they happened to fall next to each other in our itinerary… and be two places where we […]