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29/10/2020

It’s official: Croatia is hot. In the 1970s and 1980s, this sunny Adriatic paradise was a top-tier destination.

It’s official: Croatia is hot. In the 1970s and 1980s, this sunny Adriatic paradise was a top-tier destination. Then its tourism industry, like the rest of the country, took a huge hit during the war of secession from Yugoslavia. But today, just over a decade after the war’s end, Croatia is enti...

27/10/2020

I have an affinity for Bulgaria — so overlooked and underappreciated…and yet so charming, in a Slavic way. In my student days I spent lots of time exploring Bulgaria and its capital city Sofia: playing chess in the park.

I have an affinity for Bulgaria — so overlooked and underappreciated…and yet so charming, in a Slavic way. In my student days I spent lots of time exploring Bulgaria and its capital city Sofia: playing chess in the park, watching paranoid people huddled on street corners talking sports (and wish...

25/10/2020

I love the knack Croatians have for taking a humble stretch of rocky shoreline and turning it into a wildly romantic bar or café

I love the knack Croatians have for taking a humble stretch of rocky shoreline and turning it into a wildly romantic bar or café. At Valentino Bar in the coastal town of Rovinj, the woman who runs the place hands out pillows as you arrive — an invitation to find your own nook in the rocks overloo...

22/10/2020

Wedged between Germany and Austria, the Czech Republic is one of the most comfortable and easy-to-explore countries of the former Warsaw Pact.

Wedged between Germany and Austria, the Czech Republic is one of the most comfortable and easy-to-explore countries of the former Warsaw Pact. And if you venture into towns and villages away from Prague, you’ll find undiscovered historic districts, authentic cuisine, and a simple joy of life. Tře...

22/10/2020

While I love urban thrills, it’s worthwhile to get outside the city limits.

While I love urban thrills, it’s worthwhile to get outside the city limits. Venturing 30 to 60 minutes from most European cities rewards you with great sights (Versailles near Paris), unique settings (Andechs Monastery near Munich), and small towns where you can feel the pulse of a place and its p...

22/10/2020

22/10/2020

22/10/2020