with Natasha’s family One of the good things about long-term travel is that you are less likely to be amazed by the ‘things to do in X’, because you feel you had done something similar in previous destinations. It is good news for me, because the remaining energy often goes to interaction with people or …
Arrived in Plovdiv, an ancient Roman city in Southern Bulgaria. It feels surreal that within hours of driving from here now I can reach Turkey or Greece, two countries that I have long considered ‘far and far away’. But my plan is to drive north, in the direction of the Baltic states. For the time …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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