Because travelling makes us happy!
Getting to Olkhon Island on Lake Baikal. Olkhon is one of the biggest islands within a lake and this is not surprising knowing that the lake is Baikal, most voluminous fresh water lake in the world. In most of Europe, when we think about an island in a lake it comes to our mind the …
A mix of Ottoman and Greek architecture. Located in the northern Greece, Ioannina has always been a crossroad and the town architecture reflects this characteristic. Turkish castle with an old nice mosque dominate the old town, many churches are in the modern part and then there is the beautiful lake with Nissi island with peculiar …
Wake-up early. This time I need to wake me up almost when it is dawn. The bus to Ioannina leaves at 6:30 AM and this means to put the alarm clock at least one hour before due also to my almost genetic inability to prepare the luggages on the evening. A quite hard 1,5 km. …
An idyllic place in northern Albania. Lake Skadar is the right destination for a one-day excursion from Shkodër. In an idyllic landscape of a bird reserve there are small mosques and nice villages like Shiroka where to eat great fresh water fish like eels, trouts and carps. I visited the lake Skadar during my trip …
Better lake Skadar. When I decided to come to Shkodër, I had in mind several possible excursion to be done during my second day, provided that I considered one day enough to visit the town. There are many places around here that can be visited in a day trip even if, in some case, this …
Not just waterfalls. The Plitvice Lakes National Park is one of the most beautiful place in Croatia and in the Balkans. Here you can find some picture showing a part of its magic. Waterfalls is the reason everybody visit the park but the hikes are fantastic and there are also many animals. I visited this …