Not all who wander are lost
Beating the European heat wave by leaving Bucharest and heading to the mountains of Brașov and Bran Castle in the north turned out to be a great decision. Brașov ended up being our favorite city in the entire trip and the Carpathian mountains were both ominous yet comforting to Colorado mountain people like us. After…
While we got to the airport early and checked in on time, our flight to Bucharest, Romania became later and later, putting pressure on our plan of getting in Brașov within daylight hours. We booked an Air Serbia codeshare on Air Tarog (the Romanian national carrier), and Air Tarog’s updates on the delay (or lack…
For our last day and a half in Serbia, and with our big day of touring completed, we spent our remaining time relaxing in Belgrade. Due to our lack of planning, none of the tour companies had space available for day activities we were interested in such as kayaking around Kalamegdan Park and War Island,…
The next morning we woke up around 9AM and moved at a leisurely pace before our Free Walking tour and day of Belgrade sightseeing. We enjoyed a lovely, complimentary breakfast at the hotel, which was conferred by my United Club card’s premium IHG status, and had a mix of British and Serbian cuisine. Serbians seemed…
Upon arrival in Belgrade, we realized we had done zero planning of how how we wanted to spend our time; therefore, Belgrade was going to be a spontaneous visit and our next stop in Brasov, Romania, was shaping out the same way. While the hotel receptionist at Hotel Indigo in Belgrade provided us with some…
Brendan and I loved the Balkans so much from the May 2019 trip (Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, and Bosnia & Herzegovina), that we decided to set out there again, but this time go farther East – flying to Belgrade, Serbia, While we were in Sarajevo on our past Balkans trip, we had also met a traveler…
