Bosnian pot and Cevapi @ Bosnian Steak House, Sarajevo, May 30, 2019
This restaurant is in the center of the touristy area in Sarajevo, but I went inside nonetheless, because the vibe was good near the busy street, and it was fun to watch people. And the server turned out to have great photo-taking skills. Bosnian cuisine uses a lot of meat, which doesn’t annoy me. The Bosnian Pot (Bosanski Lonac) tastes almost what it looks like. It’s a heavy stew with tender and moist meat and vegetables. I’d say that this kind of stew is found in...
Auschwitz @ Auschwitz concentration camp, Oświęcim, Poland, May 10
Auschwitz Auschwitz concentration camp consists of over 40 concentration and extermination camps and was operated by Nazi Germany from 1940 to 1945. Around 1.3 million people were sent to the camp, among which 1.1 million people died. And 90% of them were Jews. I learned that Auschwitz was much more of extermination camps rather than labor camps or otherwise. Essentially, it was designed to annihilate a large number of people each day, by other prisoners who were chosen for the labor. I tried to imagine what...
Arrival @ Zagreb, Croatia, May 17, 2019
I continue zigzags through the Central and Eastern Europe. Today, almost after 10 months since Uruguay, I experienced a ‘formal’ border crossing procedure with Hungarian officials with suspecting eyes on the car, its license plate, and my overall trustworthiness. After an hour, I was let go. Now I’m in Croatia while having a break from the ticking Schengen clock. @ Letenye, Hungary, May 17, 2019
Pierogi ruskie @ Pierogarnia start Mlyn, wroclaw, Poland, may 14, 2019
Pierogies are filled dumplings and are one of the most liked food in Poland. One traditional Polish pieorgi is pierogi ruskie, which is often mistranslated as Russian pierogi, but it actually means Ruthenian pierogi. The stuffing contains minced potatoes and fried onions. Potatoes and fried onions cannot go wrong, but I enjoyed the dough more, which was chewy and moist, a quality that tell pierogies apart from empanadas in Latin American cuisine. Pierogi ruskie, USD 4.7 Vegetable soup, USD 2.5 @ Pierogarnia start Mlyn, wroclaw, Poland,...
with Liwia and Sebastian@ Jelenia Gora, Poland, May 7, 2019
with Liwia and Sebastian If you are one of the few who followed my travels closely, you’d know that I am excited about meeting people again in different places. And it was more special to catch Liwia and Sebastian again in their hometown because we all were pan-american travelers and we shared the anticipation and the anxiety of shipping vehicles across continents. And now it is encouraging and inspiring to have ‘colleagues in the same journey´, where we share our thoughts on what all that means...
Arrival @ Wroclaw, Poland, May 4, 2019
Arrived in Wroclaw, Poland. So officially I began traveling in Eastern Europe. Not only am I excited to explore the region, but also this will be helpful to have a break from the ticking Schengen clock, as I travel further south. @ Wroclaw, Poland, May 4, 2019
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