Stockholm, we need to talk about your airport. In the midst of a sea of travel challenges this summer, Stockholm Arlanda stands out as a model of dysfunction and disinterest in the well-being—or even travel—of passengers. On my trip to the Balkans, I booked my flight through Stockholm for three nights, both because it made the ticket only $1000 from Kona and because...
While there is certainly some truth to the idea that you can—and absolutely should—follow your nose and gut when looking for food on a road trip through the Balkans, there were a few spots and suggestions from my recent three weeks there that I can’t help but mention. If I took nothing else away from this trip, it would be a newfound love for Albanian food...
When you arrive in Tirana, you may find yourself wondering exactly what made you decide to visit Albania’s capital. The traffic seems to only vaguely exist in a world of laws, with the lanes often closer to imaginary than marked by lines or logic. And that first major traffic circle as you get close to the city? Abandon all hope, ye who enter here. Like many cities...
I love the idea of planning an itinerary before I travel, even though I know that once I land in a place, the odds of my following the agenda aren’t great. I have always felt the tension between the desire to explore freely and having at least a broad agenda to minimize the time spent planning while I am traveling. For this trip, after a brief two-day stop in...
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