Modern Serbian Art at the Muzej Zepter (Zepter Museum) Muzej Zepter (Zepter Museum) On my first trip to Belgrade, I must have walked past the Zepter Museum a dozen times and didn’t even notice it was there. Situated on Kneza Mihaila (Knez Mihailova Street), Belgrade’s most famous pedestrian-only…
Храм светог саве/Hram Svetog Save (Church of St. Sava) On my first visit to Belgrade, my points of interest revolved around Serbia’s place within the former-Yugoslavia, with special interest given over to The Museum of Yugoslavia, The House of Flowers and the rule of Josip Broz Tito, who…
Daily stash of pastries and burek from Пекара Трпковић (Trpković Bakery) Who says that the sequel is never as good as the original? Returning to Belgrade marked a homecoming for me to the Balkans, the place where the seeds of my solo backpacking journey took root. My first…
It’s that time again to say, “See you later” (not goodbye) to another world capital. Vilnius was the last stop on my trip to Finland and the Baltics and I highly recommend the region. It’s very easy to get around and all four capital cities I visited were…
The River Vilnelė Visiting Vilnius was a bit of a homecoming for me. My father is half Lithuanian (on his father’s side), and although Lithuanian culture never played much of a role in my upbringing, I was always reminded that I had Lithuanian blood coursing through my veins.…
”Pope on the Cross” at the Vytautas Kasiulis dailės muziejus (art museum) If you’ve been following this blog for any amount of time, you know that exploring the local art scene is a top priority for me everywhere I go. What muses are enchanting the artists of Honduras,…
Paneriai Memorial As promised in my last post about the two Soviet occupations of Lithuania, I want to devote an entire post to the Nazi occupation of Lithuania between 1941-44 that wiped out nearly all of Lithuania’s Jewish community. It’s easy to stroll around Vilnius and observe all…
Sporto rūmai (Palace of Concerts and Sports) Soviet history is a fascinating beast. It is filled with brutal horrors, stringent rules and restricted personal freedoms, all the while being layered with comically absurd levels of bureaucracy and amusing ways average citizens managed to get by. Humor was a…
Rotušės aikštė (Town Hall Square) Before I dive into the joys of visiting Vilnius, let me get the obvious out of the way: it feels rather strange to be writing about travel in the midst of a global lockdown. What is the point of discussing far-flung destinations when…
Flower abloom at the Nacionālais Botāniskais Dārzs (National Botanic Garden) I’m going to switch things up a little bit with my “photo post” and only focus on two things in Rīga: the Art Nouveau district and Nacionālais Botāniskais Dārzs (National Botanic Garden), located a short train ride away…