We left Sofia, Bulgaria on November 5th and chartered a flight to Split, Croatia.  Split is a coastal town, and the 2nd largest city in Croatia.  It’s not the cheapest place...

There’s a cottage industry in Sofia, Bulgaria of restaurants located in older houses that have been refurbished.  They serve eclectic food and provide a homemade style in everything from the...

I’ve come to the conclusion that each country has its own timing system when it comes to driving.  The margin of error in the States may be 3 seconds, and...

I explored the beautiful outskirts of Sofia yesterday (not entirely independent of the parking pressures inside of Sofia. I had a rental car, which I had initially thought was a...

(dictionary.com: motherland (origin: 1705-15): 1. one’s native land. 2. the land of one’s ancestors. 3. a country considered as the origin or source of something.) My mother’s side of the...

Growing up in the ’80’s during the Cold War, the Red Scare, remnants of McCarthyism… and of course, the movie Red Dawn with Patrick Swayze, had anyone and everyone in...

Photos from morning runs: I always had a gym membership back at home in New York City and would mix up classes (spin, yoga, boot camp) with a day or...