Five days was enough to change my perspective on Poland. From the medieval streets of Kraków to the modern energy of Warsaw, I left realizing that the country’s biggest surprise wasn’t a single attraction, it was how different each city felt from the last. This post is part of my Central Europe series, which includes…
This post introduces my Central Europe series, which includes Poland, Slovakia, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Flight That Started the Trip When I first started planning this trip, my goal wasn’t to fly business class. My goal was to use up a pile of Flying Blue points. About a year earlier, I…
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When people ask how much a trip to Spain costs, the answers tend to fall into one of two categories. You’ll either find backpacker budgets that assume you’re staying in hostels and eating grocery store meals, or luxury itineraries that include five-star hotels, private tours, and business class flights. Our trip landed somewhere in the…
If you’ve followed my Spain series this far, you’ve seen why Costa Brava became one of the highlights of the trip. This comparison looks at how it stacks up against another famous European coastline: Italy’s Amalfi Coast. Comparing the Amalfi Coast and Costa Brava wasn’t something I planned on doing. In fact, the comparison only…