Ulaanbaatar Culture
The main historical sites are few in a city which was governed under Soviet rule for 70 years — all bourgeois cultural and religious landmarks were purposefully demolished or allowed… Read more »
Author Archives: Varya
Ulaanbaatar on Day One
We fly into Ulaanbaatar from Seoul with large fluffy cumulus clouds below us and as we land into the Chenggis Khan Airport of Mongolia’s capital city, we are amazed that… Read more »
Into Mongolia
I have arrived into Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, August 19, 2022, despite the COVID curse that has upended so much of our lives, and personal family health issues that have consumed most… Read more »
Montenegro Moments
Montenegro has had a bloody history and only became an independent country in 2006. Engaged in warfare back to the Middle Ages, it also had a hard time in the… Read more »
Dubrovnick Glimpses
The old City of Dubrovnick still stands surrounded by high walls but our guide informs us that it has been a struggle to keep it a living city. Its inhabitants… Read more »
Old Ston
We leave Split, once again with our excellent driver Marin, and our van carries us along on a sunny morning to the small town of Ston, known to be one… Read more »
Sensing Split
The city of Split has long been at a critical crossroads of world history with access across the Adriatic from Italy, Our wonderful Hotel Fermai, a restored mansion, is… Read more »
Plitvice in Rain/Trogir in Sun
Our lovely Hotel Lyra has a telescope and outside patio to see the stars at night but on a cloud filled evening that does us little good. But the morning… Read more »
Interesting Istria
At the moment it is pouring in the true sense of the word — a straight flood of water coming right at us as we speed on the highway toward… Read more »
Slovenia Caverns to Coast
Although little known to us insulated Americans, Slovenia contains the largest karst limestone cave system in Europe with 15 miles of tunnels. We leave Ljubjana to be at the Postjna… Read more »