Anatolia (Turkey)

Anatolia (Turkey)

Anatolia, also known as Asia Minor, is the westernmost protrusion of the Asian continent. Anatolia takes up most of Turkey. Turkey’s Central Anatolia region is famous for Cappadocia, which we saw in the previous post. Today however, we explore some of the lesser...
Northwestern Turkey

Northwestern Turkey

I was excited for this. Not that I’m not always excited for a new country. The difference this time, was that this felt like I was going into a new region of the world. An ancient one with beautiful architecture, unique culture and people. Welcome to Turkey...
Eastern Greece (Thrace)

Eastern Greece (Thrace)

The former Roman Province of Thrace provided me cool nights, friendly folks, good food and a rich history     Despite the lofty expectations that had been bestowed upon me from the words of other traveling folk, Greece had not disappointed. I was once again...
Western Greece (Eprius & Macedonia)

Western Greece (Eprius & Macedonia)

Greece might be the most popular country to visit that I’ve encountered on this trip. The main attractions are Athens and the country’s many islands. But as per usual I will be avoiding the big draws in order to see what mainland Greece has to offer  ...
Southern Albania

Southern Albania

Before having researched anything about Albania I had heard things that led me to having presumptions like : Albanians are fun loving quarky people that love good food and drink. But there’s a lot more to this interesting and beautiful country     The...