The Ultimate History Travel Blog Since 2015
Introduction Since deciding to move to Bulgaria, I’ve spent a lot of time traveling to former communist sites and monuments, a form of travel referred to as “Red Tourism.” This year alone, I’ve spent time in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Moldova, Transnistria, Ukraine, and Macedonia, with plans to visit most of the countries from the former … Read more
Introduction Catastrophic events happen around the world nearly every day. On the news we hear about terrorism, plane crashes, and freak accidents. For some, a terrorist incident makes it impossible for them to want to travel to that location in the future. For others, they put the incident in a box and are able to … Read more
If you like to travel solo, or if you’re just starting out, you might be interested in making friends while you travel. It’s easy to find dates on the road because you can always use Tinder while traveling, but making friends might be a bit more daunting! Here are seven ways to meet people while traveling … Read more
I listen to an insane amount of podcasts. In a typical day, I’ll consume three hours or more of shows, and I’ve done this for almost…gulp…ten years. (I started this habit in the spring of 2008). I listen to a variety of genres, covering history, marketing, social media, book reviews, photography, and news (Meet The … Read more
Introduction Regardless of what kind of camera you use, you can take stunning travel photography to remember your trip and share with your friends. Travel photography has been my favorite hobby since 2007, when I bought my first DSLR (a NikonD40). In the last year, I’ve upgraded my equipment, but some of my favorite shots … Read more
A Missed Opportunity I didn’t grab one of rocks, and I have lived to regret it. I knew it the instant one of my friends asked me if he could have one, that it would have made the perfect souvenir. In Cyprus I went to the beach where Aphrodite is thought to have emerged from the sea … Read more
Whether your travel goal is to relax, recuperate, explore, reconnect, etc., the ultimate priority of most trips is to have a good time. But beyond picking a fabulous location and booking transportation, what can we do to make sure we get the most from our travels? Psychology sheds some light on what we can do … Read more
I’m a huge fan of the blog Unclutterer, a cleaning and organization blog, and I’ve always especially loved their ongoing series Unitasker Wednesday, where they lambaste a product that is designed to do only one (and usually a pretty unnessecary) thing. For example: an electric mac and cheese maker, a watermelon corer, and a clip-on … Read more
Different people are drawn to different kinds of travel. Some like the carefree Caribbean weekend, lapping up sunshine and playing in the waves with their significant other. Some prefer the cozy snowy cottage surrounded by family. Still others like to go off and explore a new place on their own. While everyone has their personal … Read more
My dog Lucy is now an expert flyer, and she’s flown with me a dozen times or so (she’s also survived multiple cross-country road trips, but that’s for another day). She’s such an expert that she’s kindly sitting in my lap trying to take over my keyboard herself. I try to bring her with me … Read more