It might have been cold, but I quickly warmed to Minsk!
Category: Europe
Little Places – Montenegro
One of Europe’s smallest, and newest countries is Montenegro. And it’s also a great little place to explore, albeit I have not taken the chance to explore it greatly bar a couple of spots near or on the coast. You’ll find it well east with a decent amount of Mediterranean coastline, and after the breakup …
Rare Gems – Slovakia
Europe has so many beautiful countries, in different ways, with different people, cultures and languages. And some are well known, and some are less well known. In 2017 5.4 million people visited Slovakia, a record number up to that point. In contrast, it’s neighbour and ex-partner in the country formerly known as Czechoslovakia, received over …
Why Not Consider … Belgrade?
Yes today it’s a look into the Serbian and former Yugoslavian capital of Belgrade. It’s a long time now since the war over Kosovo and the split of Yugoslavia into different countries, and indeed it’s some fifteen years since I went to Belgrade myself. However, I must admit it’s not a city I see a …
That Time I went to Iceland – Arriving, Midnight Sun & Depression
My first solo trip was 1999. The planning started as a trip to the USA. However, somehow that morphed when I chose my travel agent who introduced me to the concept of ‘round-the-world’ flights. Suddenly, the entire globe opened up to me and I started looking at all these countries and places which I had …
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Would You Go To Chernobyl?
One of the most watched series this year has been the HBO series ‘Chernobyl’, which documents, with some artistic licence it should be said, the events that surrounded the explosion of reactor 4 in wee hours of the morning of the 26th of April 1986. The Official Soviet death toll from the disaster was and …
Foto Friday – Sign in Sarajevo Mosque
The main mosque in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina, is the Gazi Husrev-Beg Mosque. This sign educated visitors to etiquette back in 2004. I wonder if it still remains... Thanks for stopping by - May the Journey Never End!
Little Places – Rila Monastery, Bulgaria
In the valley of the Rila River, less than 120 kilometres from the Bulgaria capital Sofia, at an altitude of just over 1100 metres, is one of the world’s most picturesque monasteries. Possibly Bulgaria’s most famous tourist site, Rila Monastery is easily reached by public bus from Sofia, and works well as both an overnight …
Little Places – Scarisoara Ice Cave, Apuseni Mountains, Romania
Last Sunday I featured a post on Romania. I very briefly touched on an ‘ice cave’ that I had visited, but to be honest with my diaries long gone, I needed to do a bit of research to even find the name of the said cave. Well, now I have found it! The Scarisoara Ice …
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Why Not Consider… Romania?
Romania. You know, I see blog posts and articles about many countries in Europe (and other places of course) including Bulgaria, Turkey, Hungary Croatia and others. One place that I don’t see get much publicity and travel recommendation is Romania. Why is this? Well, maybe it’s just not that popular. Actually, of all the countries …
Andy Roams 