We arrived in Saranda Albania after a short journey from Meteora in Greece. The journey consisted of two bus trips and a taxi. The first bus brought us from Kalambaka (Meteora) to Ionnina (2 hour journey and cost €27.20 for the two of us). From Ionnina we then got a...
“How can you not absolutely love this?” Carlo asked. “It’s ok, but can we go and grab an ice-cream now?” I said. He wasn’t too happy! In fact I think he was ready to kill me. There I stood in front of Christ the Redeemer and all I could think of was leaving and...
Welcome to a city that constantly vibrates from the beats of Sufi drums and the rhythm of daily prayers! Istanbul is a metropolis of expansive regions that encompasses both Europe and Asia…with the Bosphorus River slicing the two continents. With an ever growing...
We met Pascal, Carlo’s college friend whom he hadn’t seen in 10 years, in an upmarket Asian restaurant in Sofia for dinner. Just as I was scraping up the last fork full of my beef chow mein, Pascal, who’s been living in Bulgaria for close to 10 years, suggested that...
We entered Bulgaria from Romania and we originally planned to get the train all the way to Sofia. However, Florence did some research and heard about a small city called Veliko Tarnovo in the center of Bulgaria that was worth a stop in. Veliko Tarnovo was the medieval...
