Category: Travel: Europe

Balkans

A whirlwind visit to Pristina: My love affair with the Balkans

• anjci
• on Sunday, April 2nd, 2017

For years, the Balkan countries have been one of my favourite regions to explore. I caught the Balkan bug in 2009, when, spontaneously, I jumped on a train from Athens...

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Italy

Lost in Venice

• anjci
• on Monday, April 18th, 2011

Venice has numerous look-alike cities in Europe. Take “Venice of the North”, a title worn by the likes of Stockholm, Amsterdam, St. Petersburg and any Northern European city boasting a...

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Spain

Madrid: From fear to love

• anjci
• on Wednesday, March 9th, 2011

Madrid used to be my city of horror. Let me back-up here. An innocent investment banking analyst in London, I was once a living example of a serious work-life imbalance....

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Caucasus

Time zone hopping. GMT+3: Tbilisi

• anjci
• on Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

(Continued from “GMT+2: Istanbul”) After a 2-hour flight, I was finally reaching Tbilisi. Passport control officers and taxi drivers alike greeted our large delegation in English – and switched to...

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Turkey

Time zone hopping. GMT+2: Istanbul

• anjci
• on Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

(Continued from “GMT+1: Florence and Bologna”) The economy flight with Turkish Airlines could compete with business arrangements of many other airlines. A handed out menu was followed by a hot...

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Italy

Time zone hopping. GMT+1: Florence

• anjci
• on Monday, August 2nd, 2010

Day 1: Travel from London For my trip to Florence, Italy, I decided to come unprepared. Hundreds of books have been written about this city, and going through them seemed...

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Ireland

Kerry-go-round! Exploring Southwest Ireland

• anjci
• on Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

My recent visit to sleepless New York made me long for a destinfation completely different. As if by magic, due came the getaway to Ireland I had been planning for...

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Travel Musings

This is England, or How I almost missed my flight

• anjci
• on Thursday, December 24th, 2009

Thousands of people make their way from London airports and train stations every Christmas season. With quite a mass of travellers, trouble is just waiting to happen. This year was...

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All roads lead to…

• anjci
• on Monday, January 8th, 2007

…It was a pain to get up at 2:50am, but the bus would not wait. Instead of a longish lie-in, I had to drag my weary bones all the way...

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