by Stephen Rempala | Jan 16, 2019 | Countries, Daily Log, Georgia
Hopping off our crowded minibus, we grab our 40L backpacks and start walking towards our accommodations. The city is surrounded by hills, mountains, and forests. A chill is in the air and the fall foliage is giving us a show. We miss this weather. Walking through...
by Stephen Rempala | Jan 9, 2019 | Countries, Daily Log, Georgia
First impressions have a lasting impact and can also make or break a relationship… with a country. Let’s talk about our first 45 minutes in Kutaisi, Georgia shall we? First off, we arranged to be picked up by the host of our Airbnb. Walking out of...
by Kristin Rempala | Dec 30, 2018 | Countries, Daily Log, Greece
We knew it would happen eventually. We just didn’t know when, where or how. We board a flight from Sofia to Athens in and effort to take advantage of every last day we have left on our 90 day visa for the Schengen area. After double checking our math, if we fly...
by Stephen Rempala | Dec 25, 2018 | Bulgaria, Countries, Daily Log
I think it only makes sense to start off with the most unexpected portion of our stay in Sofia, and that is my visit to the emergency room. For the past few days, I have been having issues with my throat. It feels like something may be lodged in there, and at times, I...
by Kristin Rempala | Dec 18, 2018 | Countries, Daily Log, Macedonia
We arrive in Skopje, Macedonia by bus at 6:00 in the morning. Two days before, I had never heard of Skopje and definitely didn’t know how to pronounce it (it’s Scope-yuh, by the way). How did we decide to go to Skopje? Very scientifically really. We looked...
by Kristin Rempala | Nov 21, 2018 | Countries, Daily Log, Montenegro
After a long minibus ride through the beautiful mountains of Bosnia, we arrive to the small coastal village of Kotor, Montenegro. The city is set deep at the end of a long fjord finger and I imagine until the development of modern roads, proved quite difficult to...
