Getting from Plovdiv to Edirne (and on to Istanbul)
Getting from Plovdiv to Edirne (and on to Istanbul). It’s only 180 km (112 miles) between Plovdiv (Bulgaria) and Edirne (Turkey). It should be an easy trip. It’s not. There are 2 …
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When People tell us that “we’re lucky” to Travel Full-time…
When People tell us that “we’re lucky” to Travel Full-time… It always makes me cringe. Maybe I could understand it if the person saying it was from a lesser-developed country. But the majority of …
3 Days in Prague. The Mindless Travel Guides
Prague was our first base when we started travelling full-time 5 years ago. We’ve been back six times since then and have spent a combined 7 months in this beautiful city. It’s still our favorite city …
Lissette is “downsized”, re-examining slow travel, Freelance writing, Blogging, bad jokes and other reflections
April 28, 2019 Greetings from Antalya, Turkey! I realized that I haven’t done one of these newsletters in a really long time (the last real newsletter dates back to last October). We’ve had a lot of …
Plovdiv Vs Sofia (and on what to See and do in Plovdiv…)
Plovdiv Vs Sofia I’ll be honest. Sofia impressed us more than Plovdiv did. But Plovdiv is a very, very different city than Sofia. Whereas Sofia has grand boulevards and Soviet era architecture, …
How to travel full-time? These full-time travelling couples tell all
How to travel full-time? Curious about how people manage to travel full-time? And what a life of full-time travel is like? We interviewed 3 different full-time travelling couples and asked them …
Visiting Sofia (Bulgaria). One of our favorite Balkan capitals…
Visiting Sofia (Bulgaria). One of our favorite Balkan capitals… When we were planning our trip through Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey, I figured that Sofia would probably be the least impressive …
Taking the Train from Thessaloniki (Greece) to Sofia (Bulgaria)
Taking the Train from Thessaloniki (Greece) to Sofia (Bulgaria) Update February 2024: the Thessaloniki – Sofia route seems to be temporarily suspended. Looking at the official Greek …
Should you visit Thessaloniki? (Greece)
Should you visit Thessaloniki? (Greece) I wouldn’t tell anyone that Thessaloniki has to be visited. That would make me a liar. I also won’t tell you that it’s a very attractive city. It’s not. BUT it …