It made sense to go to Albania between Greece and the rest of our Balkan trip. It was on the way, and the ferry from Corfu to the Albanian Riviera only took 30 minutes. We meant to work our way through the country fairly quickly, hitting the highlights and spending maybe a week. We ended […]
All the Details for Hiking the Albanian Alps
In Greece, for a few minutes between hangovers, we started to flip through our Lonely Planet Eastern Europe book (worst Lonely Planet ever, by the way) to get ideas of where we wanted to go. I saw a little snippet about a hike from Theth to Valbone, and thought, “Huh, Theth is a funny name. […]
A Love Letter to Travel
Watching my entire industry be torn to pieces by the COVID-19 outbreak has been absolutely devastating. This pandemic is wreaking havoc throughout the world, of course, but all I can speak to is my own experience. I’ve been trying to figure out how to express all of my emotions, but it’s all tangled up. I […]
Best of 2019
Every year, I write these massive recap posts with my favorite highlights of the year, even when I have been terrible about blogging for the rest of the year. I’ve done 2016, 2017, and 2018, and now it is time to recap the best of 2019 – one of the craziest years of my life. […]