On weekdays I provide essential and informative travel tips, with a different subject each day!
I was completely buzzing during my stay in Skopje, Northern Macedonia. I really have to say – Skopje is a very under-rated city and so magnificent that it jumped up to be my second favourite city in all of Europe – second only to Belfast in Northern Ireland of course. I had arrived in Northern Read more about Staying at City Hostel: The First Ever Hostel in Skopje, Northern Macedonia🇲🇰[…]
You might have heard that I went backpacking in Tiraspol, capital city of the rather unknown country of Transnsitria. I enjoyed a cool home stay with Ilya, including a local breakfast experience. Getting to Transnistria, I got a border bus from Chisinau to Tiraspol and have already written about that journey. Going the opposite way Read more about World Borders: How to Get from Transnistria☭🟥🟩To Moldova🇲🇩(Bus from Tiraspol to Chisinau)[…]
Seeing real life hard workers in action on my travels is something I like to do, away from the “Disneyland” experience of touring custom made attractions. Welcome to Southern Bucovina, which to no confusion or intention is in northern Romania. My train journey up was bliss, I loved my hostel the Dor de Bucovina hostel Read more about Backpacking in Romania🇷🇴: Touring Marginea Black Ceramics Factory[…]
It’s not that often I stay in two different hostels in the same city, nor is it often that I spend over two weeks in the same city!! But with Bucharest I did. I loved the vibe in the city and it was enough for me to make it my base in between all my Read more about Backpacking In Romania🇷🇴: Staying at Peaches Hostel in Bucharest[…]
Transnistria is a truly odd place. A self declared Republic in a narrow strip of land between Moldova and Ukraine, this is an absurd place to go travelling in. After crossing the border near the Transnistrian town of Bendery I ended up spending a night in the homestay at Balka in the capital city Tiraspol. Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: Placinta and Cappuccino for Breakfast in Tiraspol, Transnistria☭🟥🟩[…]
I seriously buzz off this now, and I never used to. It used to be “get to a city, find a bar, have a beer” and chill out and on with the adventure. These days, things have changed. I want to write more about these experiences and share my bars with everyone so you can Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Top 5 Bars in Chisinau, Moldova[…]
My first day in Bulgaria ended up being a massive backpacking adventure. I kind of assumed loads of travellers would be heading the same way, as I went from Romania’s capital across the border into Bulgaria. Alas – no – it was just myself and Mina, a Turkish girl who I met on the train Read more about Staying in the Cosy Family Hotel Comfort in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria🇧🇬[…]
“I follow the Moskva, down to Gorky Park, listening to the wind of change” – Scorpions. After exploring Romania and Moldova, it was time for something even more sublime as I took my eager backpack and soul across the border into Transnistria. Screams of “where?” were screeching out from my friends as I told them Read more about Backpacking in Transnistria☭🟥🟩: Top 12 Sights in Tiraspol[…]
Even the day I was heading there, I had never heard of Butuceni. That’s I had never heard of it. Now, having spent a day in this tiny farming village in rural Moldova, I will never forget it and I loved it. I’d already booked to stay overnight in Chisinau in the Tapok Hostel, but Read more about Backpacking in Moldova🇲🇩: A Spontaneous Inspiring Day in Butuceni[…]
My journeys backpacking through Romania continued as I hit up Brasov. Homestays in Tiraspol, Hostels in Bucharest, swanky hotels in Windsor and an old English Inn in London had been my recent beds for the night on my travels and then I decided to head to Dracula country – Transylvania. I wanted to stay in Read more about Casa Terezia: The Best Place to Stay in Brasov, Transylvania, Romania🇷🇴[…]