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[London, UK, Jan 13, 2023] Quite unexpectedly, I found myself in London after a decade! Ash had a conference there, and of course I had to tag along. We flew non stop PDX to Heathrow. We landed in London just after noon, then took the tube into London City. I finally got to use my visitor oyster card again – I knew I was saving it for a reason) One of its… Read More
[Vaduz, Liechtenstein, Sat, Nov 25, 2023] Liech-what now? At 62 square miles, this tongue-twister of a country is the sixth smallest in the world. Sandwiched between Switzerland and Austria, it’s entirely within the Alps. The capital Vaduz was so close to Zurich that I couldn’t resist to the temptation to check off 2 countries in one trip. Although there is no direct train to Vaduz, the train/bus combo is very reliable and… Read More
[Zurich, Switzerland, Nov 24, 2023] All of the museums I wanted to visit today opened at 10 am, so I decided to tackle them in the order from farthest away to closest. That meant I was going to start with Museum Rietberg, about 25 minutes away on foot. I planned to use my walk there to sightsee a little. I knew the weather was going to be rainy and on the cooler… Read More
[Zurich, Switzerland, Thu, Nov 23, 2023] I decided to use the days off around Thanksgiving to do a little stopover on the way back to the US from Bulgaria. I started adding side trips to my Bulgaria trips back in 2014, but the COVID pandemic put a stop to that practice. It was high time I reinstated it! I chose Zurich because it had non-stop flights to both Sofia and Los Angeles…. Read More
Sofia remains an undiscovered gem on the Balkans, but this is slowly beginning to change. Every time I come home to visit, I hear more and more foreign speak on my walks. The 9 spots I’ve included below are the places I return to time and time again on every single visit. They epitomize the best of Sofia to me and I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. 1… Read More
