Part of the Balkans region, Montenegro is less frequently visited than other countries. Plan your first visit using these tips for must-do things in Montenegro. From guest author, Anya, who blogs at Road is Calling: An amazingly beautiful Balkan country, there are so many attractions and must-do things in Montenegro: sandy-pebble and rocky beaches with crystal clear water, picturesque sea bays and unique lakes, high mountains and deep canyons, narrow streets of ancient cities, and fortress Continue Reading
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Authors and Books that Inspire Travel: A Bookworm’s Guide
We keep a running list of the books that inspire travel for ourselves. Hopefully, you’ll see some old favorites and some new books to try! What do you do to inspire travel for yourself? Much of the time, our travel inspiration comes in the pages of a book. We eagerly await new titles from our favorite authors, and we’re always on the lookout for books set in places or periods in history that we’re curious about. Many times we’ve been so energized by what we’ve read that we’ve made actual travel Continue Reading
Sofia Attractions: Top 10 List of Things to Do in Sofia Bulgaria for First Timers
Heading to the Balkans? Don’t miss Sofia! Use our top 10 list of things to do in Sofia Bulgaria for first-timers and get acquainted with a fascinating city. This post contains affiliate links and/or references to our advertisers. We may receive compensation when you click on or make a purchase using these links. When we planned our time in the Balkans, locations other than Sofia, and Bulgaria in general, took center stage. But then we visited. In the space of a few days, we encountered a Continue Reading
Lukomir: A Look at the Old Ways of Bosnia
In the mountains above Sarajevo lies Lukomir, Bosnia’s most remote village. Its semi-nomadic herders keep the old ways in the shadow of medieval tombstones. If you watched the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics, you know Bjelasnica, the site of alpine skiing events. What you may not know, and we didn't either, is that up a single lane dirt track from where these events were held, less than 20 km as the crow flies, lies Bosnia's most remote village. In Lukomir, life remains as it must have been hundreds of Continue Reading
Into Serbia
We picked up speed, heading east out of Sarajevo. The day was sunny, but we weren’t into it. We weren't very into Serbia, either, but we were going there. Just when you think you have things figured out, they get complicated again. We’d spent a week in Bosnia and Herzegovina, filling in the blanks from when the Balkans were front and center with the media in the 1990s. Or, we realized, perhaps we still only had part of the story. Too hard to say. But we were definitely heading into Serbia with Continue Reading
Bosnia and Herzegovina Travel Guide for First Timers: 10 Things We Learned
Use our Bosnia and Herzegovina travel guide for first timers for ideas and context. Our trip to Bosnia made it one of our favorite destinations. So there we were, catching an airless bus out of Dubrovnik. Rumbling toward a place called Neum on a tiny finger of territory 20 kilometers long. This is the spit which gives modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina its legal access to the Adriatic sea. We didn't know what to think. When they heard we were going to travel to Bosnia and Herzegovina, some Continue Reading
5 Future Travel Destinations We Have On Our Radar
Part of the fun of full-time travel is figuring out where you’re headed. These intriguing destinations are currently on our radar: 1. India Those of you who follow us on Facebook may remember that we’d planned an extended stopover in Mumbai on our way to Europe from Singapore. That didn’t happen due to a misinterpretation of visa-on-demand requirements on our part, and disinclination of India’s High Consulate in Singapore to process paperwork in sufficient time to allow us entry and exit in Continue Reading