July 18-21 Bruges Bruges is a beautiful town, many of you reading will likely already be familiar with it or have been. While I had been warned Bruges is touristy, it was not at all off-putting. I hear touristy and I think one or both of two directions: overcrowded and miserable, shops selling soulless and…… Continue reading Bruges and Damme // Cycling the Belgian Countryside
Category: Travel
Rafting the Drina River and Hiking Sutjeska in Bosnia and Montenegro
August 15-18 After Belgrade and spending a lot of time in cities Shell was aching to get out into the countryside, and now we had a car to do it with. She was able to find a great spot for us at the Drina Tara Rafting facility in Bosnia and Herzegovina. They have a lot…… Continue reading Rafting the Drina River and Hiking Sutjeska in Bosnia and Montenegro
Diving into Bosnia // A Day in Mostar // A Week in Sarajevo
Aug 26-27: Mostar | Aug 27-Sep1: Sarajevo Strap in, this one’s long, and I hope worth your while. The TL;DR is: go to Sarajevo, it’s a wonderful place to visit despite what I begin this post with. “I realize that what happened in Bosnia could happen anywhere in the world, particularly in places that are…… Continue reading Diving into Bosnia // A Day in Mostar // A Week in Sarajevo
Theroux’s Road Trip // Our Balkan Road Trip // Dubrovnik
Zaton and Dubrovnik: August 23-26 Yesterday, September 1st, we arrived in Trogir, Croatia. Not far from Split. It has a small and beautifully walled old town, not unlike Dubrovnik or Kotor, but with a bit more elbow room from other humans. There is a large fortress at one end of the island that was built…… Continue reading Theroux’s Road Trip // Our Balkan Road Trip // Dubrovnik
Exploring and Eating in Prague
August 7-9 It is a fairy tale type place. Visually, some mix of Disney, Hogwarts, and something one’s own imagination came up with during bed time stories. The reality of being in Prague on foot in August was to be competing in a sea of humanity. As one Czech put it to us, “No Czechs…… Continue reading Exploring and Eating in Prague
Belgrade, Where We Met Banksy
August 11-12 Ljubljana | August 12-15 Belgrade We spent Friday evening, August 11th, in Ljubljana with Anya, Jaka, and their 2.5-year-old son. Ljubljana has a Friday food festival where restaurants, breweries, and other vendors from across Slovenia converge to serve up their dishes to the city. A heat wave had struck recently, the same one…… Continue reading Belgrade, Where We Met Banksy
Amsterdam // Schiedam & Nolet
July 14-18 You should try watching Tom & Jerry in German sometime, I think it’s funnier. We arrived in Berlin yesterday, and we’ve already begun to feel at home. We’re staying in a hotel near Nollendorfplatz, and we like the area as well as several others we’ve walked through. It feels a lot like Brooklyn…… Continue reading Amsterdam // Schiedam & Nolet
Onward from Wiesbaden, with a stop in Ibbenbüren
I write this, sitting on a small balcony overlooking a courtyard at our AirBnB in Wiesbaden (Veez-bahdin). The sun’s dry rays are beaming down on me creating a warmth that’s been absent for a few days. This morning was starkly cold and drizzly as we woke early for a boat tour downstream (north) on the…… Continue reading Onward from Wiesbaden, with a stop in Ibbenbüren
Impermanence and Your Fear of Death // Catacombs and Crypts
July 11-14 As part of our experience in Rome, we took a tour of catacombs and crypts. I think it may be a popular tour due to the gruesome nature of it all. However, it isn’t all that gruesome but was figuratively and literally deep. This tour begs the tourist to ponder impermanence or the…… Continue reading Impermanence and Your Fear of Death // Catacombs and Crypts
Bologna // Rome
July 7-11 We are flying over the Alps today, July 14th, to spend two weeks with Shell’s family. We’ll be in Amsterdam, Ghent, Bruges, and Wiesbaden. After just a week and a half, I think we are both looking forward to the pace of movement slowing some, but that won’t be happening until the end…… Continue reading Bologna // Rome