From Jersey To Guernsey
You're going to laugh at me, but there are some things I'm more than willing to pay for when it comes to travel, especially knowing that:It's right there.I'm probably never going to come back in a long long time.Guernsey, the other and smaller Channel...
Friends Don’t Let Friends Move To Jersey
No not that Jersey. I mean Jersey...the larger of the 2 Bailiwicks/Islands that make up The Channel Islands? The self-governing Crown dependency in the Commonwealth? No?It can get pretty confusing, so let me explain: There are 2 main autonomous...
Nothing Malo About Saint Malo
Compared to the close call missing my flight to Paris this morning, it was relatively all gravy just chilling for an hour waiting for my train to Saint Malo at Gare Montpanarsse. I then boarded at 11:56pm, reaching the northern city of Saint Malo...
From The Top of Paris
3 months ago, I started studying for my final medical licensing exam – the USMLE Step 3 – on a budget 4-day trip to the Caribbean Islands, which began in the French territory of Saint Martin’s. I’m now celebrating the conclusion of my marathon 17 hour, 2-day...
Budapest By Night
This trip began at the Danube River and it's only fitting that we end with the Danube River.After nearly 3 weeks traveling through The Balkans, arriving for a night in Budapest was like waking up from a long wistful slumber and descending into another. Far from...
Berated By Berat
On the right bank of the river Osum lies Berat, Albania's Town Of A Thousand Windows, where we as a group this morning collectively decided to visit as a daytrip from Tirana.But instead of trying to find and take the morning public bus for 400 leks, we...
Tirana Kenopsia
kenopsia n. the eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that’s usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet—a school hallway in the evening, an unlit office on a weekend, vacant fairgrounds—an emotional afterimage that makes it seem not just...
Ohrid: “City Of Light” / The Jewel Of The Balkans
Press play. And then start reading. Not all fails are permanent. Last night in Skopje Alfred and Ted was kind enough to go back and check if my card was still in the ATM machine, and a passer-by informed them of a safety...
Where Are We Now?
Where Are We Next?
