I passed through Bulgaria this time, laughing about my previous trek through the country. In 2007, I took a train from Budapest to Istanbul. Somewhere in the middle of Bulgaria, between Sofia & Plovdiv, the train broke down in the Bulgarian countryside. They called to the station we’d just left (a small one) and the…
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From Hungary, I crossed into Romania the next morning and drove until Bucharest. If you haven’t been, it’s a beautiful city. I actually tried to find 3 different places from Happy Cow while in Bucharest, and all of the map markers were for some non-existent address. I couldn’t find any of them and wound up…
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The 2 days I spent around Budapest were really awesome. The area around the river is super cool and looks amazing at night, when everything is lit up. Upon first arriving, I got a great laugh from the number for the taxis. 666 all around. From here, I wandered around aimlessly and wound up at…
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In June 2012, I took a giant road trip from Germany down through the former Yugoslavia and over to Monaco in the west over the course of 3 weeks. I mostly slept in my car, getting a hostel or hotel every few nights for a shower. It was incredible, and I saw lots of new…
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For a 4-day weekend in May, 2012, some friends and I met in the tiny nation of Liechtenstein with a plan to walk across a country. We did it! I was coming from SE Germany, and they from W Germany, so agreed to meet at the only hostel that exists in Vaduz, the capital. For…
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