by Calvin Sun | Aug 26, 2018 | August 2018: Azerbaijan & Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan, Serendipitous!
FYI: A more comprehensive itinerary of Baku can be found in my entry back in 2015, but this post will fill in some of the gaps I had missed last time. As well as more magic. I was here once alone back in 2015, and now I’m back with a new crew 2...
by Calvin Sun | Mar 26, 2018 | Epiphanies on the Road, Introspection, March 2018: Central Europe Road Trip, Serendipitous!, Slovakia, Walking Tours, What Dreams May Come
Since my first visit to Europe in the city of London in 1995, it would take me 13 years to finally conquer the continental landmass of Europe. And I wouldn’t have had it any other way than the stories and people I would spend with today in Bratislava....
by Calvin Sun | Aug 28, 2017 | Albania, August 2017: The Balkans, Crisis, Fail, How Did You Do That?, Rules Are Meant To Be Broken, Way Way Off the Beaten Path
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,...
by Calvin Sun | Aug 24, 2017 | August 2017: The Balkans, Border Crossing, Fail, Macedonia, The Nightlife, Walking Tours
After a quick stop at Gracanica yesterday, we got our 10 tickets (for 5 euros each) at the Pristina Bus Station for the 2 hour bus ride to Skopje. We got on a 3pm bus, which reached the Kosovo/Macedonian border at around 4:30pm.A...
by Calvin Sun | Aug 20, 2017 | August 2017: The Balkans, Montenegro, The Nightlife, Walking Tours
To be honest, our morning day trip to Mount Ostrog Monastery was way more worthwhile and interesting than our subsequent afternoon wandering around what probably is the least happening capital cities in Europe. Nevertheless, I do appreciate having some kind of sane...
