Kotor: A City of Cats

A car service took me on a 3 1/2 hour journey from Mostar to Kotor, Montenegro. It’s a beautiful drive down, so I recommend if you are going south along the coast to sit on the right side so you can enjoy the view. The town of Kotor is a quaint bay town that has…

Mostar

Taking a quick 3 1/2 hour bus from Sarajevo to Mostar, I arrived in the city of Mostar in the early afternoon. I checked into Taso’s Guesthouse and spent the afternoon exploring the town. Mostar is a picturesque town that is easy to find your way around.

Sarajevo

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” -Edmund Burke Sarajevo is a difficult city to write about. I hesitate to even try because I don’t think words can capture what happened here or the feeling you have when you leave here. I would like to preface…

Lake Ohrid: Having and Giving No Cares

One of the best attributes of many Europeans is that they give zero cares at the beach. Today Gjoko, the owner of the hostel where I am staying, took a group of us out on his boat.  He parked his boat off towards the middle of the lake and we were able to swim for…

Ohrid Day 1: A Touristy Day 

Lake Ohrid is an amazing getaway, and you can get there easily from Skopje. The lake is remniscint of Lake Bled in Slovenia. Beautiful waters surrounded by mountains. I stayed at Sunny Lake hostel on the recommendation of my sister, and I was not disappointed. The owner, Gjoko, is a hilarious guy who loves to…

Waking up to Nice

This morning I woke up to a message from a friend asking if I was in Nice, France. If it was 5 years ago, I would think she was there and wanted to meet up. In today’s world though, I knew that meant something had happened there. In the world today, violent hate attacks and…

The Road to Ohrid

Lake Ohrid is a popular destination in Macedonia. The entire town is a UNESCO site, and the lake itself is over 1 million years old. The waters of the lake are clear, not as clear as some parts of the Caribbean, but you can still see down to the bottom. But enough about that. Let’s…

Mitrovica: A City Divided

In Kosovo there is a town called Mitrovica that is located about an hour from Prishtina. There is a river running through the town that divides it into two sides: north and south. The Serbians live in North Mitrovica, and the Albanians live on the south side of the Ibar River. There used to be…

Let it Go : Prizren Style

A big lesson that I have learned on this trip is that I’ve got to let things go sometimes. Today I took a day trip from Prishtina to Prizren, which is a great idea by the way, but I accidentally got off at the wrong bus stop and was completely lost. Then I accidentally started…