Fortresses

We look at the map of Finland. Maria and I don’t know where Savonlinna is. You probably don’t know either and you are curious why exactly Savonlinna? Where is this…

I wonder why we hand’t gone for a weekend in Lovech earlier. Actually, there are so many towns in Bulgaria which we just do not count for travel destinations. We…

I woke up before sunrise, I hadn’t actually planned it. I got up, dressed quietly, trying not to wake up the kids and Mimi, and I sneaked out through the…

The plane was slowly descending through the layers of clouds. We had almost got out of them when the fog, covering the hills at the foot of the Alps, came…

We walk along the cozy street General Gurko in Veliko Tarnovo. This is not the most touristy part of the town but is among the ones with best preserved authentic…

There is no doubt that the first place you should visit in Veliko Tarnovo is the Tsarevets fortress. It was once the most important fortification of legendary Tarnovgrad – the…

Anna likes to wake up around 6.30 am, with the first rays of the spring sun. Then she comes to our bed and wakes her baby sister Adriana and starts…

How to spend a 13h layover in Warsaw in the best way on a Wednesday We spent some time wondering whether to write about this little stop for just one…

The story of our wonderful 5-day stay in Tallinn, Estonia We immediately answer the most-asked question since our return from Estonia. Yes, we loved it. Not only the capital Tallinn,…

A walk among the Roman streets and ruins of marvelous buildings, almost 2000 years old It took us more than 10 minutes to drive the last 2 km from the…

The hill of Trapezitsa with its 19 churches is an inseparable part of the capital of the Second Bulgarian kingdom There are places in Bulgaria that we know so hardly.…

„What could we write about Melnik, besides the food and wine – everyone is coming here mostly to eat and drink” – this is how my wife “encouraged” me when…