Pork, stray dogs and a fortress: two days in Brasov
I knew virtually nothing about Brasov before I went. To be fair, that is not a rare occurrence. My “research” for…
I knew virtually nothing about Brasov before I went. To be fair, that is not a rare occurrence. My “research” for…
It seemed like a good idea at the time. We were in Mostar, in southern Bosnia, and hadn’t been to a…
I didn’t quite know what to make of Mostar. In the eyes of the many coachloads of tourists that come to…
The door was yanked open. Light flooded in. A man in a uniform barked instructions, holding out his hand. Passport? Tickets? …
It’s 7:59am. All is quiet in a darkened room in Bucharest. Blankets lie discarded on the floor. The room was hot…
I’d been to Croatia once before, spending a few days in the northwest of the country back in 2006. While the…
Eger, a large town in the north of Hungary, is famous for several things – the quality of its wines, its…
Working out how long to spend in a place you’ve never been is tough. You try to be all scientific about…