The last trip that I took in 2018 was to Serbia. I had been traveling extensively in the Balkans in the months leading up to this trip. My focus was on going to a lot of countries that I hadn’t yet visited in the region. The main reason for picking …
At the end of 2018 I was visiting a lot of Eastern European countries. Particularly places in the Balkans that I hadn’t visited before. There is a lot more culture, history and sights in the region than most people give it credit for. It’s a generally cheap region to travel …
Montenegro was another country in Eastern Europe that I had yet to visit at all by late 2018. It is known as a beach holiday destination that is a cheaper alternative to other Mediterranean countries. It attracts a lot of Eastern Europeans in particular. However, I’m not particularly fond of …
In the latter half of 2018, I was focusing my travels a lot on Eastern Europe. I was particularly interested in countries that I had not yet visited. Despite having lived in relative proximity to Poland for most of my life, I had yet to set foot in the country. …
Most people who visit Bulgaria probably go to the Black Sea beach resorts which the country is known for. However, I’m not a big fan of beach vacations. I’m more interested in culture and sightseeing. Particularly during November, when it’s too cold to go to the beach! I hadn’t yet …
Kosovo is one of Europe’s least visited countries, particularly if you leave out the number of travelers going back to visit their relatives. One of the reasons behind this might be the area’s history of conflict. But that’s all in the past, and today Kosovo is quite a peaceful country. …
This blog post covers a trip which I took to Bosnia & Herzegovina in Southeast Europe. I had never before been to the country. I was excited for the opportunity to see Sarajevo, and all its museums dealing with the post-Yugoslavia wars, although the stories they tell are grim. The …
This blog post is an add-on to the previous four articles dealing with my trip to Bhutan. To get home to Switzerland, I traveled via Delhi, India, and I had an entire day to explore the city. I figured it would make most sense to write about that day in …
This blog post is the last of four posts covering my trip to Bhutan. This last post focuses on the Phobjikha Valley, and a mountain trek in the Bhutanese Himalayas, with an overnight stay in a camp on Bumdrak Mountain, near Paro. In order to see the previous blog post, …
This is the third blog post from a handful of posts from my trip to Bhutan, a Buddhist country in Southern Asia. My visit to this little-known country in the Himalayas was one of the highlights of the many trips I took in 2018. To read the previous blog post, …
