First impressions of Istanbul
The sky darkened as evening turned to night. I clutched a kebab, the smell of the dürüm-wrapped meat wafting deliciously around…
The sky darkened as evening turned to night. I clutched a kebab, the smell of the dürüm-wrapped meat wafting deliciously around…
By the time we left Romania we were running on empty. Out of both energy and motivation after five weeks of…
Sighisoara, in central Romania, is one of those places where nothing seems to happen in much of a hurry. It started…
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…