We travelled to Łódź because we wanted to see a smaller city in Poland. I also couldn't miss Łódź because it is David Lynch's favorite city, there is an active modern art scene, strong film roots, a Hollywood style walk of fame, old looming textile factories and so much more. I also will say that Łódź has the most helpful tourist office on our trip so far. We loved it! We also learned about this Łódź native. Check him out at... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Karski... read more

Berlin is off the hook!! Emily and i had such a wonderful time that it was hard to leave Berlin. After being on an island for 27 days it was so nice being in a big city where there are so many vegetarian options and to actually have a real bed to sleep in! Let me start at the beginning... We left the island of Brac at 7 in the morning and had to head back to Split by the catamaran. The waters had been choppy the last few days and when we left it still had not improved. We set sail on the catamaran and soon start getting some air from all the choppy waters. At first it was super fun being tossed all around, but about 15 minutes of that I started to ... read more

We travelled to Mostar for a couple of reasons. I really loved Bosnia and wanted to see another city besides Sarajevo. I was also interested in seeing the region of Herzegovina. Our friend Tina in Serbia recommended Banja Luka and Mostar and we had also met a Dutch traveller in Sarajevo who told us a little about the history of Mostar, the seige, ethnic cleansing and the city's division between Croats and Bosniaks. I was very interested and thought if we travelled there, we could learn a little more about Bosnia. However, we were only able to stay one night so of course you cannot learn so much when you have to leave so quickly. Bosnia had turned out to be too expensive for our budget and we needed to get to Croatia quickly so we ... read more

Београд, Beograd or Belgrade, Serbia We decided to travel to Serbia earlier than originally planned after finding out about the Schengen Rules for travel in the EU. We thought we would leave the Schengen area for a while now rather than later. Without much notice, two very nice women in Belgrade accepted our request to couchsurf with them. Tina and Lily, roommates and architecture students at the University of Beograd currently living in a student dorm so generously offered to let us stay with them. However, when we arrived in Belgrade (by way of a very hot but empty train) there were some difficulties about registering with the police and not having ID cards to present to the dorm. We stayed with Tina and Lily the first night, ate dinner together and they even gave up ... read more

Dohany Utca 84, Apt 7, Budapest, Hungary is where we lived for the whole month of June and it was spectacular!!! It was great actually having an apartment and not constantly sleeping at a hostel or in our tent. Not to mention eating hot meals everyday. During the month in Romania Emily and I were craving bloody mary's so we were able to enjoy BM's multiple times during that month. We found a "hungarian chipotle" and fell in love with the decor of the place. The food was definitely not as good as chipotle, but definitely worth the visit. We also went on a brewery tour while our friends Sherene and Rachel were in town. For me it was definitely a highlight of the trip so far. It was completely different than any of the other ... read more