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Bienvenue a Paris! Despite the fact that both Vlad and I have visited Paris in the past, we decided to add it to our itinerary for two reasons: one - to meet and spend time with Vlad's family, and two - to experience this romantic city together. Leaving Montpellier on Thursday, September 4, 2014, we boarded the super fast TGV train towards Paris,...

*post written by Vlad* Bienvenue à France! After an enjoyable visit in Rome, filled with lots of sight seeing and pasta, we landed in the city of Montpellier, France. Being France's eighth largest city (approx 275,000 inhabitants), we were looking forward to a smaller town feel and some much needed downtime. Montpellier holds a very special plac...

A big part of the reason I wanted to go to Rome was to visit the Vatican and see the Pope. One of my regrets in life was not seeing Pope John Paul II when I had a chance to, at the age of about 13. At the time I figured I would see him some other time and skipped the few hour drive to the city he was visiting. After all he's been the Pope every sin...

Benvenuti a Roma! *post written by Vlad* After the chaos of departing Corfu, Greece (picture 40 billion people in the line to the check in desk & late night flight delayed), we finally landed in Rome and got to our residence around one in the morning. After taking a costly 80 euro cab ride (subways closed at this hour) we met with our Airbnb host...

After spending three weeks in Poland, Vlad and I realized that while we thoroughly enjoyed city sight seeing and "cafe" living, we began to miss the ocean, beaches, and a warmer climate. With this in mind, we decided then and there that our next destination would be Greece. We booked a flight to Athens on 8/10, full of excitement for warm weather,...

καλωσορίζω στην Αθήνα We got to Athens on Sunday, August 10th, 2014. We flew Aegean Air from Warsaw which was a very nice and comfortable flight. There was so much legroom that at first we thought we got upgraded but after a quick look around I realized that this was the case throughout the entire plane. During the 3 hour flight we were given a sn...

We arrived in Warsaw just two days after the 70th Anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising (Powstanie Warszawskie). The week before August 1st, TV stations were showing war themed programs and films. I actually watched a documentary recorded in early 2000s in which survivors of the uprising and WWII told their heartbreaking stories filled with terror and...

Witamy w Warszawie! We arrived in Warsaw on Sunday, August 3rd. Coming from my hometown in southeast Poland, it was a 7.5 hour bus ride (via Neo Bus), which cost approximately $48 for the both of us. Thankfully, the bus was comfortable and equipped with WIFI so the hours passed by quickly as we were able to browse the web and listen to podcasts. W...

Ever since I was a little girl growing up in Poland, I've wanted to visit one of the cities on the magical Baltic Sea. What's so magical you say? Well, the Baltic has the largest known deposit of amber in the world, from forests dating from 44 million (!!!) years ago. That impressed me when I was younger, and I desperately wanted to go there and fi...

*Post written by Vlad* After two fun filled days in Krakow, it was time to head south to wifey's hometown in the south east of Poland. But first, we all decided to check out the historic salt mine of Wieliczka, in the town of the same name, just 20 min from Krakow. After thinking it was going to be a just a few guys in the side of the road filling...

Witamy w Polsce! After spending 11 days in Croatia, we said good bye to this sunny country and headed to my birth country of Poland on Saturday 7/19/14. Our first stop was in Krakow, where we met with my parents who had already been in Poland for a few weeks. We rented a very spacious and nice apartment via our favorite site, airbnb.com, in the Ol...

*Guest post by Gabi* Our day trip from Dubrovnik was easier and much faster than our day trip from Split. Dubrovnik doesn't have as many islands as close by as Split, so we decided to take it easy and check out the island of Lokrum, which lies approx 600 meters away from the Old City which translates to a 15 min ferry ride. Lokrum is a small, unin...

After six fabulous days in Split we took a 4.5 hour bus ride to Dubrovnik, which cost us about $23 per person. Even though the bus was not very comfortable, the scenic ride along the Adriatic Coast was a great distraction and made the time go by fast. The coolest attraction was driving through Bosnia and Herzegovina as it cuts Croatia into two sepa...

*Guest Post by Gabi* Dobrod òš li na Vis & Trogir! During our stay in Split, we went on two excursions - one to the beautiful & secluded island of Vis, and the other, to the city of Trogir, yet another historically rich town on the Dalmatian coast. Our trip to Vis, which took roughly 2 hours on a ferry, was bright and pleasant. The island of Vis...

On Sunday night, abut 98.4% of the world* stopped whatever they were doing and gathered in front of their big screens, medium screens, boob tubes, projectors, phones, computers, iPADs and PDAs to watch the final game of the Mundial and pick sides to cheer for either Argentina or Germany. As we were without boob tube or most of the aforementioned d...