To Bucharest by Bus
It’s just under 400 km (250 miles) from Sofia, Bulgaria to Bucharest, Romania. According to Google Maps you can walk there in 74 hours, but with crutches and all our …
Holiday in Bulgaria
We spent several holidays here in Sofia, starting with our 20th Anniversary! That’s right, as of December 12, Howard and I have been together for 20 years. We celebrated with …
Back to the Balkans
The trip back to Europe from Vietnam was long and uncomfortable. The worst travel day we’ve had since we started this adventure last year. It started out Wednesday morning. We …
Change of Plans
We are coming up on four months here in Vietnam. There are two more months left on our visa and we were planning to go south to Da Nang, then …
Lan Ha Bay Cruise
We were on a boat! A ship really, a really nice cruise ship. Touring Ha Long Bay was top on our list while in Vietnam and it was well worth …
Movin’ On Up
From the busy market streets of Old Hanoi to the 23rd floor of a brand new luxury high rise in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam, we literally have moved up! [Before …
Autumn in Hanoi
Monsoon season ended with a cold front that rolled through and left us with cooler, sunny weather. Well, the high is still 30 C (86 F) everyday, but it’s not …
Blue Stool
The best way to describe what it’s like in Hanoi is to compare it to a science fiction world. It’s like the street level ghetto, the bottom level of the …
Good Morning Vietnam!
Our journey to Vietnam was long, but not too bad. We left Gdansk on Monday and took the train down to Warsaw where we spent 2 nights in the Old …
Extra Smak
Smak, Smaki, o Smaku… it means taste or flavors in Polish and everything here has smak. Bags of chips have extra smak, our bottle of mouthwash has smaku, there is even …