Our Family Adventure Through Italy: Top 10 Highlights
Italy with kids in the peak of summer during a jubilee year? What sounded like a recipe for disaster instead turned out to be the adventure of a lifetime. The...
A perfect day trip to Serene & Stunning San Marino
“San Marino? Where’s that?” That was the question we heard most often when we would share plans to visit this tiny country during our summer trip through Italy. The third...
7 Highlights From Exploring Lovely Little Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein is a tiny country sandwiched between Switzerland and Austria in the Alps, with the river Rhine running across its western border with Switzerland, and the mountains of Austria to...
The stunning Church of St John at Kaneo in Ohrid, Macedonia
Lake Ohrid is a large lake straddling the mountainous border of Albania and North Macedonia. It is one of the deepest lakes in the Balkans and is over 3 million...
Hunting down the Dracula legend in Transylvania, Romania
Bran Castle in Transylvania is the most visited tourist destination in Romania, mainly due to its association with the myth of the vampire Dracula. This fictional nocturnal resting place of...
Exploring the picture postcard lake town of Bled in Slovenia
Lake Bled is a picturesque alpine lake in the Slovenian town of Bled, about an hour drive out of the capital Ljubljana. The glacial fed lake is framed by steep...
A tale of two churches in Bulgaria
Bulgaria is a deeply Christian country with roots in the Eastern Orthodox rite. Christianity took over in Bulgaria in the late 9th century as the official religion after the conversion...
Biking through the worlds largest wine cellar in Milestii Mici, Moldova
Moldova is a landlocked country at the northern edge of the Balkans, wedged between Romania and Ukraine. It has historically also been known as Moldavia, Black Wallachia, and Bessarabia. Over...
5 highlights of picturesque Prizren, the historical center of Kosovo
Prizren is a small city in Kosovo situated at the foothills of the Sar mountain range in the Balkans. It is considered to be the historical and cultural capital of...
Bunk’Art 2: Touring a communist era nuclear bunker in Tirana, Albania
Bunk’Art 2 in Albania’s capital Tirana is one of the most unique yet disturbing museums I’ve ever visited. It serves as a sombre introduction to the darkly brutal horrors of...
