While the rest of our tour group is off hiking in the mountains, we have one day to explore Shkodër, and we plan to see as much as we...

Arrival in Albania Our arrival in Albania can be described as much more efficient than both our arrival and departure in Athens. In...

After spending nearly a week in white washed and tourist laden Santorini, we are ready to explore a new side of Greece, and we are doing...

The Ferry Santorini is one of the most famous Greek islands, white buildings and blue roofs lining the cliffs and filled with tourists....

Morning in Athens Given the very late night last night (remember Joelle and I’s flight saga…technical delays, no busses, no luggage…and...

Leaving Pleven This morning we plan to leave our AirBnb by 11:00 (look, that’s still early for us—we still haven’t fully adjusted to the...

Last Sofia Morning Just as we get settled and comfortable, it is time to switch it up! This is our last morning waking up in Sofia, as we...

On the Way to Plovdiv Today our plan is to visit the “second city” of Bulgaria, a place called Plovdiv that’s just under two hours away...

The Morning I peel my sleeping mask off to see light streaming through the windows. What time is it? 8:00? 9:00? I look at my watch....

Jet-Lagged Morning This morning I wake up naturally before my alarm. Thinking it must be close to time to get up so I can get my run in,...

Добре дошли в България! Arrival in Sofia After 22 hours of travel from Denver to Frankfurt to Vienna to Sofia, we finally landed in...

Car Rental • Lodging • Food • Packing List • Itinerary Car Rental We rented a Fiat Doblo Maxi from Rent.IS and loved it, although you...

Barcode Street Food • Oslo Opera House • Hovedøya • Mellomkollen Hike • Øyungen Lake • Nordvegan • The Vigeland Park and Frogner Park...

Oslo • Trondheim Central Station • Hagen Vegan Restaurant • Stiftsgården • Olav Tryggvason Monument • Riksregaliene (Norway’s Regalia) •...

Rättvik • Karlstad • Oslo Click here to download an audio reading of this post Our most avid readers will remember that in Sunne we spent...

Dalen-Hökolsberget • Nils Olsson: Dalahästar • Lake Siljan A vacation and a trip are two very different things: Vacation: A period of...

Sunne (Övre Fryken) • Rättvik Often when hearing about others’ travels, you get the “highlight reel,” where the unavoidable and never...

Osets Naturreservat • Örebro Castle • The Karlslund Manor House and Garden • Karlstad • Lake Vänern • Sunne Run to Osets Naturreservat:...

Arlanda Express • Avis Stockholm • Örebro • Göljestigen • Clarion Collection Hotel Borge When sharing our trip plans with various people,...

Humlegården • Stockholm Olympic Stadium • Sophiahemmet • Vasamuseet • Hermans Trädgårdscafé • Kungliga Slottet • Old Town Square • Nobel...