Posts in category ”Travel destinations”
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Vineyards of southern France
Bordeaux is perhaps the most famous wine region in the world, for good and bad reasons. The area has a perfect climate for producing wine and the reds are famously well-balanced.
Having champagne in Champagne
While taking a trip to the Champagne region in northern France, bubbles are on everybody’s mind. We visited several of the houses and it was interesting to compare the giants to smaller vendors.
Paris, je t’aime
Yesterday I wandered through the streets of Paris. The sun illuminated the golden statues on the roof of Opera Garnier, a sight I’ve passed many times, and I thought about how a city changes between visits.
Echoes of Laibach in Slovenia
Slovenia isn’t the kind of place that screams for your attention. It sits quietly, a nation-sized smirk, carved out of mountains and shadowed history. Today I find myself in the capital city Ljubljana.
Zany days in Zagreb
Zagreb feels like a city of contradictions. Austro-Hungarian bones dressed up in socialist concrete. Young students sipping expensive espresso in leafy avenues. If cities had poker faces, Zagreb would clean the table.
The dark days of Sarajevo
Sarajevo isn’t just a dot on the map. It’s a scar that never quite healed, a city with a haunted stare, war stories and a deeper sense of what it means to survive.
Into Mostar
Mostar hits me like a leftover war dream. Sun-bleached stones, bullet-pocked facades and the uneasy silence of a place still trying to remember how to forget.
The walls of Dubrovnik
There’s something about old stones. The ones that have soaked up blood, sweat, saltwater and centuries of bad decisions. The walls of Dubrovnik are made of those kinds of stones.
Good morning Montenegro
Most people can’t even find Montenegro on a map. It’s wedged between Croatia’s Dalmatian swagger and Albania’s defiant edges, trying to find an identity of its own.
The cobblestones of Maidan Nezalezhnosti
About one year ago, I walked across the wet cobblestones of Maidan Nezalezhnosti, the central square of Kiev, Ukraine. The Independence Square is a traditional place for political protests, including the infamous Orange Revolution in 2004.