San Marino is said to be the world’s oldest surviving republic and I visited on a trip to Italy in 2008 with my two friends, Alicia and Neeley. We stayed in Rimini and got a bus from there to San…
Veliko Tarnovo: Bulgaria’s most charming city
Veliko is beautiful and oh so cheap. I would definitely put it at the top of the most picturesque small cities I’ve visited along with Cesky Krumlov and Mostar. I went there with my friend Steph and we picked up…
Inside Andorra: The world’s sixth smallest country
I visited Andorra in 2013 on a trip from France to Morocco, it was in March and there was snow on the mountains. It is the sixth smallest country in Europe. Andorra is the only co-principality in the world which…
A little look at Liechenstein
When I visited the Italian lakes in 2014, I decided to have a little look at Liechtenstein and this is what I discovered. The famous story about Liechtenstein is that it tried to join in the Austro-Prussian war in 1866…
The brutal history of Bosnia’s most famous bridge
I went from Dubrovnik to Mostar which took about 3 and a half hours, it was one way to lose the crowds! After seeing photos of the beautiful Stari Most bridge, I was really thrilled to be seeing Bosnia and…
The Romanian palace built by a dictator
Bucharest is a city that has been through a lot and it certainly feels like it. I went with my friend Laura and we spent two days there. We visited the Palace of Parliament, the second-largest administrative building in the…