Travel 30 in 30 – One man's goal to travel to 30 countries in his 30th year

Jerusalem and Bethlehem – The Holy Lands

December 10, 2019 Israel Main Posts Uncategorized No Comments

/Note – The photos are not coming up in the later part of this post and I am working to fix the problem. Thought I would post it anyways, although a lot of my blog posts are in the photos and the words are mostly word vomit anyways. Sorry about…

Onwards to warmer weather! Tel Aviv Israel.

December 5, 2019 Israel Main Posts Uncategorized No Comments

My flight got me in pretty late in the evening and the airport was pretty far from downtown, but there was a train that took me into the city and then a bus that took me to the hostel. The trasnition from the train to the bus was a bit…

Istanbul Turkey, a tale of two continents

December 3, 2019 Eastern Europe Main Posts Uncategorized No Comments

I didn’t know where I was going to go after Greece, but the guy in my room was from Turkey and some of the cheapest flights I found were actually to Istanbul or through Istanbul. I had met a friend in Barcelona from Istanbul, so I reached out to see…

Athens Greece, The running of the Authentic Marathon

December 2, 2019 Eastern Europe Main Posts Uncategorized No Comments

I didn’t have concrete plans very often throughout this trip, but November 11th was one of those dates where I had to be in a specific place at a specific time. I had signed up for the Athens Marathon and had to make sure I made it there to run…

Skopje Macedonia…an unexpected stop

November 30, 2019 Eastern Europe Main Posts No Comments

As I said before, my initial plan was to stay up north a bit more and then fly to Athens from Budapest, but one of the best parts about not planning ahead very much was that I had a great deal of flexibility. I met Richard and Angela in Warsaw…

One anda half days in Belgrade Serbia

November 30, 2019 Eastern Europe Main Posts Uncategorized No Comments

I arrived in Belgrade in the morning as I had taken an overnight bus from Budapest. I had a full day and a half to explore Belgrade and so I wasted no time. The hostel was not open yet though and I struggled to find a coffee shop to wait…

Budapest…..I liked you a lot!

November 29, 2019 Main Posts No Comments

As November 11th approached, the need to get south the Athens was becoming more of a consideration and so I took a bus from Krakow down to Budapest. I had originally planned another route ending in Budapest where I would then fly from Budapest to Athens, but my plans changed…

A love hate relationship with Krakow Poland

November 27, 2019 Main Posts Poland Uncategorized No Comments

It was bound to happen eventually, but downtown Krakow in the middle of the tourist area was not where I expected it to happen. I arrived in Krakow in the morning and after getting to my hostel and changing, I went on a quick adventure run around the old town…

First time in the mother land! Warsaw Poland

November 26, 2019 Main Posts Poland No Comments

I arrived in Warsaw in the early morning and headed to the Hostel where I had a nap on the common room couch. They were really nice about letting me sleep on the couch as I had taken the red eye and had not had much sleep. When I woke…

EBBR Does Iceland……

November 26, 2019 Iceland Main Posts No Comments

One of the main reasons I ended up in Copenhagen was that I needed to get to Iceland and the flights from Berlin to Iceland were the same price as a stopover in Copenhagen, so I made that happen! I had been asked a few months ago if I was…