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November 5, 2020
Island Hopping Croatia Updated 2020 Sometimes your journeys transform in unexpected ways. That’s how my cruise on the Dalmatian Islands turned out. What began as a solo trip visiting Dubrovnik, Split, Plitvice National Park, and Bosnia, ended with a sensational island-hopping adventure, gathering up other women from other countries, and forming what became a girls’ […]
September 8, 2020
If you are looking for a European destination that is scenic and affordable, quirky but friendly, has beaches, mountains, vineyards, and great food….then you will love it here. There are so many things to do in Macedonia! One of the Balkan Peninsula’s landlocked countries in Southeastern Europe, the Republic of Macedonia was once part of […]
July 16, 2020
Why take the Dubrovnik Game of Thrones Tour? Hmmm, let me count the ways… kings and queens, knights, magicians, scoundrels, dwarfs, giants, dragons, witches, eunuchs, heroes, liars, and more. I won’t lie, I’m biased. Game of Thrones is the best medieval series ever to hit television, perhaps even the best series of any genre. The […]
February 10, 2020
Nestled on the Adriatic Sea with a mountainous backdrop, Split is the second-largest city in Croatia. It’s a beautiful city with an ancient old town. Holidays to Split Croatia should be included in every Croatia itinerary. If Dubrovnik is Croatia’s beauty, then Split is her vivacious sister. Although less fairytale-like than Dubrovnik, it’s a vibrant […]
January 21, 2020
Recently, we took a fantastic cruise with Princess Cruise Lines, Ltd. through the Mediterranean which was departing from Athens. We decided to fly in a day early so we could spend one day in Athens, taking in as much as we could of this splendid city. We were actually in Athens for 28 hours, which included […]
October 1, 2019
The Czech Republic is known for its well-preserved fairytale castles, dating back to medieval times and ruled by a myriad of Bohemian monarchs and nobles. Castles are just some of the great places to visit in the Czech Republic! Scattered throughout the countryside, filled with opulence and/or fortification, here are the best Czech castles to […]
August 5, 2019
The small Balkan country of Bosnia and Herzegovina had never really been on my radar as a place to visit. But while visiting Croatia, I had the opportunity to take a day trip to Mostar from Dubrovnik. It was the photo of Stari Most, the old bridge, that originally drew me in, but there’s so […]
April 2, 2019
It wasn’t the typical “see the view” tower that I’d climbed in so many other Central European cities. Taking on the lofty turret in St. Mary’s church proved a worthy opponent. The massive 14th-century Gothic basilica is the largest brick ecclesiastical structure in the world, and the 400 timeworn spiral steps to the viewing platform […]
January 20, 2019
Careening through the backstreets of Warsaw in a minibus that bumped and jostled us through a former Communist neighborhood, I immediately regretted that extra pierogi I’d had for lunch that now threatened to expel itself. As if clairvoyant, Tomas, our guide, stopped and guided us into an area where partially destroyed, bullet-ridden brick structures were oddly […]
January 15, 2019
The wind whipped my ponytail across my new Polish sunglasses and into my mouth – which was open because I was laughing. In spite of the brooding sky and rapidly approaching cloud formations, I was at one of the Gdansk beaches. The beach. My happy place. Poland has something that most of the other land-locked […]