Recently Andy and I wanted to plan a trip to someplace relatively close to Berlin, someplace that didn’t involve us getting on a plane. We love Poland, and Wroclaw is a Polish city we’ve heard good things about but haven’t been to yet, so we decided to give that a try. But we were planning […]
Because I am who I am, I couldn’t just book a 10 day trip to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Montenegro is right there, just south of Bosnia’s border, and I still hadn’t made it there. So why not keep traveling for a few more days and see some of another country? That’s often about as little […]
I vaguely remember learning about geography as a kid and thinking Yugoslavia was a funny name, and I wanted to go there someday simply because of that. So even though Yugoslavia broke up into several individual countries many years ago, it has still been a goal for me to get there, only now it means […]
“So…being locked IN my room is something I’ll laugh about later, right?” I said to myself as I twisted the key every way I could and pulled at the door handle. I had just arrived at my hotel in Sarajevo a couple hours earlier, the start of a solo two week trip through Bosnia & […]
Once our time in Krakow was up, we took the train to Gdansk. Since Gdansk is located near the sea and has a history of shipping and trading, it has a very different feel to it than Krakow. But it was just as beautiful, despite some chilly and windy weather even in late May/early June. […]
I love Poland. Have I mentioned that before? Probably. It’s a great country, seriously. We go there a lot since it’s so close to Berlin, but we didn’t go to France or Switzerland much when we only lived an hour from their borders. This year Andy and I planned a trip to Krakow and Gdansk […]
Spain is one of my favorite countries, probably because I love practicing my Spanish language skills. When I was there earlier this year, I spent a few days in Madrid by myself, and then Andy met me and we spent a week in Toledo and Salamanca. These were repeats for me but new for Andy, […]
One place in Costa Rica we were really looking forward to was La Fortuna, the town closest to Arenal Volcano. Because of the volcano, the area is know for hot springs and thermal baths, and this sounded like the perfect ending to our 4 weeks in Central America. Here’s how we spent 3 days in […]
Leon, Nicaragua is not visited nearly as much as other parts of the country, like the pretty town of Granada. Maybe that’s why I wanted to go there. Andy and I had already vetoed the idea of going to Ometepe, a laid back island in Lake Nicaragua that sounded a bit too rustic for what […]
After spending two weeks in Panama, it was time to say good-bye. Our next stop was Granada, Nicaragua. It’s one of the most popular spots in Nicaragua and is often compared to Antigua, Guatemala. We loved Antigua, so we were really looking forward to exploring Granada.