Open Love Letter to Odessa, Ukraine
Dear Odessa, Just found out Katie from Katie Going Global is going to visit you for a few days and I am insanely jealous. I miss you like you wouldn’t ...
Throwback Thursday: Lake Titicaca & Taquile Island
I recently saw Nomadic Samuel posting photos of Lake Titicaca and it made me reminisce. Reminisce over the day I discovered that Titicaca was more than just a sweet name ...
Hanging With Monks in Orheiul Vechi, Moldova
If ever there was a moment when I started to doubt that everything happens for a reason, I think back to the one time I hung with monks in a ...
Throwback Thursday: Tokyo, Japan
This is the first edition of what I am going to call Throwback Thursday. Seems like that’s the cool thing to do around here, haved themed days and what not. ...
Transnistria Photo Essay on Matador Trips
Really excited that my photo essay was finally published on Matador Trips! Of course, it’s all iPhoneography. In my opinion, Transnistria has never looked so good so hopefully it encourages ...
The Sounds in Malmö, Sweden
Watched The Sounds kick off their winter European tour in Malmö, Sweden a couple of weekends ago. It was a great show and for those of you who are not ...
Blonde gypsies everywhere!
To celebrate the “coming out” of my new blog and a proper URL, I decided to dedicate a post to 7 other blonde gypsies that I have recently discovered by ...
Traveling to Tiraspol, Transnistria via Train from Odessa, Ukraine
This post is meant to give straight up facts to anyone interested in visiting Transnistria–a unique little place situated in between Moldova and Ukraine. First of all, unless you have ...
Vilnius, Lithuania–in 10 images or less
Talk is cheap. Less is more. So sit back, relax, and let your eyes take a leisurely stroll through Vilnius, Lithuania… Šv. Stanislovo ir Šv. Vladislovo Arkikatedra Bazilika (Cathedral of ...
An Evening in Tallinn, Estonia…with Vana Tallinn
Picked Vana up from the local alkoholipood (that’s liquor store in Estonian) around 8pm. It was still pretty early so we just hung out and cruised around the city for ...
Tallinn, Estonia–in 10 images or less
Talk is cheap. Less is more. So sit back, relax, and let your eyes take a leisurely stroll through Tallinn, Estonia… Main square in the Old Town Some mighty fortifications ...
…and then there was The Bronx in Malmö, Sweden
So then this happened after Mariachi El Bronx finished playing. The end of the video is the best part when it appears as if my camera is flying over to ...
Mariachi El Bronx in Malmö, Sweden
Saw an awesome band play last night in Malmö, Sweden. Or was it two? I still don’t fully understand but basically The Bronx opened up for themselves as themselves only ...
Guess who found themself in Berlin for a few days…
Instead of flying straight back to Copenhagen from London, I decided to fly to Berlin instead (it was the same price) so I could hang with some friends. I spent ...
London, London, London
Flew to London at the end of November to celebrate my friend Caroline’s birthday and spend some time with one of my favorite cities in the world. I love ...
UPDATE: I’m still alive. Was just in Istanbul and Tiraspol for a hot minute….
SEE, I told you I suck when it comes to keeping a blog updated but I swear I have been up to some crazy stuff that I will rely on ...
Lost in Transylvania: Day Trip to Sighisoara
It was a toss up between going to Sibiu or to Sighisoara on my next “big day out” from Brasov. I really wanted to go to Sibiu because it was ...
Lost in Transylvania: Day Trip to Bran and Rasnov, Romania
Exploring Transylvania was a good time, albeit a busy time. Three nights based in Brasov proved to be not enough time to see everything, but I am quite proud of ...
Have you ever been to a Moldavian wedding?
So I’m trying an experiment this week. Going to attempt to post photos, videos, etc direct from the road on my latest adventure to Moldova and Romania. First reason for ...
Bus journey from Chisinau, Moldova to Brasov, Romania
Sitting on the bus to Brasov from Chișinău and am not feeling so hot. I’d let this Romanian dude next to me let me lay my head on his shoulder ...
Summer, summer, summertime in Odessa
Went down to the beach on my lunch today and even though it was still warm enough to lay out and swim, I can feel autumn coming in harder, faster, ...
Today is the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster
And guess what? This bad boy (otherwise known as Reactor 4) still hasn’t been fixed. Built in a hurry back in 1986, the “sarcophagus” now covering the burnt reactor was ...
This one time, in Belgrade…
There was this dude DJing… He wasn’t that great but the crowd was going crazy so I thought I’d walk to the front of the stage to get a better ...
From the Baltics to the Balkans
My latest trips have taken me through 6 countries and 9 cities so let me just summarize what’s to come: Tallinn, Estonia Riga, Valmiera and Cēsis, Latvia Vilnius, Lithuania Warsaw, ...
How Couchsurfing Changed My Life (and Possibly Saved It)
I found out about Couchsurfing a few months before I started my travels and was dying to try it out. Kind of. I loved the concept and was excited to ...
