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Bulgaria

Burgas, Bulgaria – a weekend trip to the Black Sea

Our second weekend trip was to Burgas, at least this time we were on the Black Sea, and just a little bit closer to Istanbul.

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Bulgaria

Bansko, Bulgaria

Even though we’re traveling and moving somewhere every month, on average, we are still keen on a good road trip. We call these “vacations”. Our next trip we decided would be Bansko because we were having trouble justifying, or planning, a bus trip to Turkey; too long in a bus does not happy children make. […]

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Bulgaria Travel

Bucharest to Plovdiv

Early April we said goodbye to Bucharest which got really warm and beautiful as all the trees were sprouting with leaves. We booked a shuttle van which picked us up from our Bucharest apartment; we loved that little place, it was just large enough and was a simple mix of hardwood floors and bright decor. My daughter’s room was a girl’s room normally so she was right at home.

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Romania

Romania – the little Paris, is the city that could

Romania isn’t flashy but it’s amazingly friendly No matter what, we found that Romanians are passionate and friendly, and were helpful whenever we needed it. Most of the time, except for the UK and Spain, we are the family that speaks very little of the language and we sometimes have trouble getting what we need […]

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Italy

Rome, Italy – A dirty, gritty, amazing city

We were not in Rome long enough What a gorgeous and historic city. We were in Rome for only two and a half weeks and of course we were super busy working and so we didn’t get to see nearly as much as we wanted to see. However, what we did see was historic and […]