Romania
Note: This post first appeared on Eternal Arrival and is reprinted with permission. Equal parts gritty and pretty, Bucharest has some tricks up its sleeve. It’s a city that rewards you for taking your time and experiencing it slowly. Frankly, its main sights...
Bulgaria, What to Do
Plovdiv is the second largest city in Bulgaria and is often considered its cultural capital for its thriving arts and music scene — in fact, it is the future European Capital of Culture for the year 2019. It’s one of the oldest cities in Europe, with over...
Bulgaria, What to Do
Because of Bulgaria’s mountainous terrain, there is a wide variety of caves to be found across the country. Over 4500 have been discovered so far, and it is believed there are many more just waiting for an intrepid explorer to find. Inside Bulgaria’s caves,...
The Balkans
Balkan food is hearty and filling, full of salads made with seasonal produce, delicious dips, and grilled meat. Some foods in the Balkans can be found everywhere — virtually every Balkan country has a variation on borek/burek, and if you can’t find grilled...
Bulgaria, What to Do
The Vitosha Mountain TV Tower is one of Sofia’s most recognizable landmarks due to its prominent position a little more than halfway up Vitosha, the mountain massif right by Sofia’s center. The TV tower is affectionally called Kopitoto (Копитото) –...
The Balkans
I first visited the Balkans in 2016 and promptly fell in love with the region…. so much so, that I actually moved here as a result of that first Balkans trip. Between the mountains of Montenegro, the coastline of Albania, the lakes of North Macedonia, and the...
