After years of hoping a trip like this would come together for me, it has been the most fulfilling experience to actually live it. This...

As Jewish people were forced out of land in the West, Poland and particularly Krakow became a place of refuge. The king of Poland...

Well. Not a lot. BUT that didn’t mean the experience was one for the books. The Baltics were not countries I had considered visiting on...

My favorite part of Poland was by far my venture down to Zakopane. A few hours bus ride south of Krakow brings you to a ski resort town...

This mine just outside of Krakow, Poland contains over 300 km of tunnels. Miners, who didn’t possess maps, would pray to St. Anthony if...

In one day, I saw the Statue of David in Florence, the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Pisa, and arrived in Venice. Here is the route I followed...

We knew we wanted to explore the Croatian islands, but it wasn’t as easy as we thought it would be. Primarily, this is because we were...

The two most popular national parks in Croatia are Krka and Plitvice Lakes. While both of these are beautiful, Plitvice is difficult to...

In late August of 2018, we took a canyon exploration tour in the Osumi canyon. We rate it a creative/10. Staying at the Berat...

Herceg Novi The highlights of Herceg Novi are a couple of fortresses built into the steep city. However, Maddie and I were feeling...

Pula My first stop in Croatia was Pula, arriving directly from Ljubljana, Slovenia. I was meeting my friend Maddie, who was just wrapping...

The bus from Belgrade to Sarajevo is seven hours long, but far more beautiful than I had anticipated. Mountains and lakes and rivers,...

I was sitting on a beach 30 minutes south of Mostar with my new friends, an international group I had met at a hostel. Our team of four -...

Seasonal Fruits and Vegetables Unlike America, the Serbian diet looks completely different from summer to winter. In the summer, there...

When sitting at a café in Belgrade with my Serbian friend Lazar and his two co-workers, his co-workers ordered a bottle of champagne. ...

I had to use the restroom. We were in public, so they were the traditional type found in public restrooms. I have used this type of...

Church of Saint Sava While Serbian rebels fought to reclaim Serbia from Ottoman occupation, Islamic Ottoman leadership had the...

Museum of Illusions I was so impressed with how much fun this museum was. Even for 20 year olds, we got to check out room after room of...

On my only full day in Niš, I decided to rent a bike and travel to historical sites that were further out from the city. At the Day ‘n’...

My host Jovana and I decided to travel north to Novi Sad for a day to explore the city. The bus system was complicated, but BlaBla car...