Great places to stay

AMSTERDAM
Bostel Amsterdamse Bos is a campsite outside of Amsterdam with gorgeous chalets, excellent bathrooms. A bus takes one to the metro and in no time one is in Amsterdam. A really inexpensive way to experience an otherwise expensive city. Of course, they have tents available too, at an even cheaper rate. THIS is the [...]

Trip of 2010

In the post before this one, you can read about the last visit of my 2010 trip: my visit to wonderful Mostar. While writing that, I discovered a wonderful blog and I urge one and all to visit this and spend time with it, as the truth will set you free. This blog answered so [...]

Mostar: The answers?

As many, if not most of you know, my visit to Mostar during the summer of 2010 was a very emotional one as I saw incredible beauty and devastation all at the same time. I saw plaques of young people who died in a war. I believe that wars are senseless and serve no purpose [...]

Mostar

Throughout my journey, starting in Zadar, when talking to locals and fellow travelers and inquiring about what places to visit, the name Mostar came up. I have never heard the name before and put it on the back burner. When I reached Sarajevo, towards the end of my journey, I had 4/5 days left before [...]

Sarajevo

When I was in Belgrade, it was hot. Unbelievably hot. One day it was too hot to venture outside and I stayed in the room (great hotel room with AC for $12/night). After three days I started to move onto Sarajevo in Bosnia. Another long (once again nearly 12 hours) train ride for under $20. [...]

Great people from 2010

In Rijeka it was Ivan. This guy who needed a few credits to graduate from college (and he was working on it) was a walking encyclopedia. I learned so much from him. I ordered a pizza one night (we bought beer at the hostel) and together with a guy from Scotland, we had a whale [...]

The Baby Whisperer

Ask people who know me and they’ll tell you that I do NOT like kids. I think parents are the sorriest excuse for parents and they let loose in the world today monsters without any manners, discipline, or regard for others. And I attract these monsters like flies. I have walked into an empty restaurant, [...]

Montenegro and Serbia

It was in Dubrovnik that I made up my mind NOT to go to Italy. I was enjoying the Adriatic so much and was not ready to give it up. Yes, I have been told how gorgeous the Amalfi Coast and Sorrento were and Rome is my favorite CITY … but there is always next [...]

Why I am crazy about Croatia

I am not crazy about Croatia, I am ga-ga about the place, I am hooked on it, I am addicted to this land. She is under my skin. I dream about her day and night. No sooner am I back when I start thinking about next year’s visit. From all the places that I have [...]

She’s baaaaaaack!

After studying three months abroad, herewith Stephanie Vegliante’s last piece. Thanks Ms Vegliante. Based on all the students who came and talk to me about your experience(s), I know I am not the only one who enjoyed this!
My trip to study abroad began just over 3 months ago in Boston. It was a huge culture [...]

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