There’s a lot more to do in Cetinje than hunt down former embassies (link to previous post); it really is a marvel that this erstwhile capital has remained under the radar from the hordes of tourists on the Montenegrin coast. The city is small enough to walk…
There’s no denying it: Podgorica has a bad rap. As one of the least visited European capitals, I read travel blogs that dubbed it a “shithole” and “the most boring capital in Europe.” A visit to TripAdvisor had people scratching their heads why I even wanted to go…
Ljubljana is the epitome of picture-postcard beauty. Between the bridges spanning the tree-lined banks of the Ljubljanica River and Ljubljana Castle looking down on Prešernov trg, well you’d be forgiven if you thought you wandered onto a fairy tale movie set. All of this makes Metelkova, a small,…
Ljubljana doesn’t feel anything like the rest of its fellow former-Yugoslav capital cities. It seemed to have more in common with Salzburg or Vienna than Sarajevo or Skopje, including the highest prices I came across in the region. Perhaps a little modern Slovenian history can help explain…
One thing I have learned you should never forget to look up before traveling is the list of public holidays at your destination. You’ve got big plans- you’re going to hit up a couple museums, visit a church or two and then go to that awesome restaurant everyone…
One of the great things about travel is the constant opportunity to break down the misconceptions and stereotypes that you find in media, TV/film and even guidebooks. Even after all the research I had done to prime myself for Bucharest, I wasn’t prepared for how green the…
That Will Have You Asking for Second Helpings I was recently reading one of my favorites travel blogger’s posts on the decline in quality of Lonely Planet guidebooks over at Nomadic Matt and I found myself agreeing wholeheartedly. As a vegetarian of over two decades I find their…
I hadn’t planned on visiting the Slovak National Gallery (SNG) during my stay in Bratislava, but the ubiquitous advertising for their special exhibition “Nech Šije! (Sew Long!): Fashion in Slovakia 1945-1989” had me too intrigued not to drop in. History museums in Central and Eastern Europe often discuss…
When most tourists arrive in Bratislava, the charming capital of Slovakia, they make a beeline for the Staré Mesto (Old Town) and miss out on two of the more unconventional sites just north of the city center; the third structure is clearly visible from the Danube and…
There’s no better way to understand the layout of a city than to climb to the highest point and take in a bird’s eye view of your surroundings. Bratislava’s Old Town is fairly compact, but if you venture out a little further, you can make a nice half…