Category: Eastern Europe

Meteora Greece has spectacular mountains with improbably placed monasteries on the tops of several pinnacles.

Visiting Pécs on the way back to Budapest was a fortunate choice. The downtown area is charming and interesting.

Like most regions in Europe, the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina has a long and complex history. In addition, this part of the Balkans (especially Mostar and Sarajevo) was the front lines of the Yugoslav Wars from 1991-1995.  It seems the tensions from that war are unresolved as a lot of horrific things happened. The…