I decided that I might as well wait out the winter back near the property rather than set around the East Coast for no reason. I am in no hurry so as usual, it has been a winding road.Checking off a few things that I wanted to see on the way. I started with a quick walk around the pretty…
One of the chores I had to do before I left in October was to find a place to store my car. I found cheap storage in a pallet making factory on Cleveland’s East side. Figuring out how to pick it up weighed heavy on my mind the final few days of my trip. For some reason it was pretty…
After 2 days in Transylvania, I still had all the blood I arrived with. Not wanting to push my luck, I decided to head on to my last new country for this trip. Serbia. Belgrade in particular. I did my travel research and came up with a big fat no on a direct route to Belgrade from Brasov. All the…
Once I found it, Brasov’s old town is really nice. I generally get tired of the European old-towns and Brasov is probably no different, It is pretty much just a long pedestrian walkway with some side alleys but it was big enough and enough variety to hold my interest for the couple of nights I found myself in town. My…
It was an easy walk to Bucharest’s train station from the guest house since I already did it the day before. From there, it was an easy trip to the Transylvanian city of Brașov, about a hundred miles north. A pretty little town once you get out of the non touristy section. Which I found out the hard way is…
The overnight bus to Bucharest, Romania wasn’t quite overnight. It dropped me off in the city center long before sunrise and Bucharest is not a 24 hour town that I was finding. I definitely was not rested because the first thing I really remember was being the first customer at coffee shop on an otherwise dark and lonely street. My google…
I heard that Kosovo is still very pro American so I was eager to see what that felt like. I caught the next ride out of Skopje’s bus station and settled in for a few more hours. I arrived just as the evening was falling. There wasn’t much to see so I made use of the bus WiFi and reserved…
I really enjoy the Balkans, (AKA the countries formerly known as Yugoslavia and the neighboring countries that also kind of sucked in the middle 20th century). I can.t really put my finger on what the attraction is but I just like walking around their cities. They are a bit rough around the edges for sure but I find a little…
Aside from the scammy underbelly of Istanbul, I liked it. It is a great walking city, good food and plenty to keep me busy. The fact that I got out of it with out buying a carpet is a bonus. But they tried. There aren’t many ways to get to my next stop, Athens. There is no train for some…