A winter break in Cyprus
It’s 31st December 2021. I’m boarding a plane to Cyprus because I want to fly somewhere warm and sunny. Cyprus is to become the 72th country I will have visited. …
A birthday trip to the Canary Islands it is
It’s Friday, 3 December, a day after my birthday. I’m sitting on a train to Warsaw going to visit a close friend. I’m browsing travel websites looking for an affordable flight ticket to somewhere warm. …
Let’s go hiking in the Pirin mountains
I left for Bulgaria with a rough idea of what I wanted to do. Spend some time at the seaside, do some sightseeing and travel around the country by train. I wasn’t planning on going hiking this time. So I didn’t take hiking shoes or clothes. …
Late autumn hikes in the Low Tatras
Merely a week after having hiked in the High Tatras I went to the mountains again. To the Low Tatras for a change. When I left home on Friday I wasn’t sure how the day would turn out. …
Late autumn hikes in the High Tatras
Autumn brought more restrictions to Slovakia. Travelling around the country got more difficult. …
When the mountains take your breath away
It’s early September. I’m keen to go hiking. Where? To the High Tatras as I haven’t gone on a hike there this year. So on a Friday morning I wave my mom goodbye as I leave home. …
Summer trips around Slovakia (2)
I continued exploring Slovakia in August, too. I didn’t take as many trips as in July because I was planning a trip to Croatia but the few places that I managed to see were absolutely wonderful. …
Summer trips around Slovakia (1)
Year 2020 is the year of the corona pandemic. Is there a silver lining? There is! I could see more of my native country. I spent every weekend in July travelling, mostly in Slovakia. These are the places I visited. …