Category Europe

Bar, Zmerynka and Podolia

  Podolia is a piece of history — and quite a large piece of Ukraine.This region is primarily associated with the Southern Bug River and several other tributaries of the Dniester. It stretches from Khmelnytskyi, through Vinnytsia, all the way…

Northern Greece – Beautiful, Yet Forgotten

Northern Greece is truly beautiful — and at the same time, strangely forgotten by mainstream tourism. Rhodes, Kos, Santorini, Crete, sometimes Athens… but the northern part of Hellas rarely makes it onto travel agency posters. Let’s start with the name.…

Gran Canaria – mountains and the ocean

We only dropped in on Gran Canaria for three days. Enough to get a feel for it, but not too long to get bored. What delighted us? The spirals and serpentines on the narrow mountain streets made Daria nauseous. For…

Madeira – just Eden

The second day after arrival we went to the beach. A few meters away from us, a couple from Poland, let’s say people in their late 50s, were camping. The lady was very excited about the trip, smearing herself with…

Bulgaria – far from the sea

Most people associate Bulgaria with trips to the Black Sea. Warm water, quick flights, reasonable prices and we have a riviera for the thrifty. We got to know Bulgaria from a slightly different side. We entered it from Romanian Transylvania,…

Kingdom Of Denmark – the green area

I will write honestly: We treated the Kingdom of Denmark rather as a country to check off the list. We took a short trip through Germany, Denmark to Sweden, but we treated this trip more as a small getaway, to…