Kruja Albania – Day trip from Tirana
Well worth a visit, the strikingly sited hilltown of Kruja played a key role in Albania’s Ottoman history. It’s easy to get about on foot so long as you are fairly agile for steep slopes and steps. We particularly enjoyed browsing the street market, visiting the ethnographic museum inside the castle, and seeing the views […]
Albania Facts
We travel in a campervan through Albania en route from Greece to Montenegro and Croatia on our winter camper trip, and it was a great way to see the country of scenic roads, beautiful beaches and quite widely spaced historic sites. During our road trip, we learnt a lot about Albania. Below you can read […]
BUNKArt 2
Bunkart 2 is a museum showing the cruelty of the Albanian police state from 1945 to 1991. The museum is located in a nuclear bunker in the centre of Albania’s capital, Tirana. The 1,000 sq metre Bunker, with walls 2.4 m thick, was built between 1981-86 as a hideout for elite police and the Albanian […]
Museum of Ancient Greek Technology – Review
During our visit to Athens, we were looking for things to do in Athens with kids. One of our discoveries was the Museum of Ancient Greek Technology read below to learn if you should visit it as well. Museum of Ancient Greek Technology – Introduction The Museum of Ancient Greek Technology is a little private […]
49 Fascinating Facts about Greece
Our Southern European road trip brought us to Greece. As we travelled around the landscape of beaches and mountains, by road and on foot, visiting tiny villages and ancient sites we constantly rediscovered the rich stories of this land. There are so many reasons, both ancient and modern, why Greece has continuously maintained its position […]
Interesting Facts about Italy
Just for fun, here are some interesting facts about Italy that we find most intriguing. It’s difficult for a single article to make more than a scratch on the surface of the deep layers of a vibrant culture that spring from this nation. Apart from being interesting in their own right, this stuff might even […]
15 Best Places to Visit in Puglia (Apulia), Italy
We found ourselves in Puglia almost by chance. We were offered the chance to spend five autumn weeks housesitting down in the tip of Italy’s heel – near where the British food writer Patience Gray had lived and written. We loved it so much we have just arranged to go back in the spring. Following […]
Best Free London Museums for Kids
Although known as one of the world’s most expensive travel destinations and one of the most visited cities in the world, London still has plenty of free things to do. That includes the kind of London Museums that have the kids bright eyed and excited. Knowing that most of these are national and municipal institutions […]
Things to do in Slovakia
Calling Slovakia a beautiful country is an understatement. For many years, European travellers have been crowding Western and Mediterranean Europe, while overlooking Slovakia. This has nothing to do with what attractions the country has to offer, but everything to do with the lack of information and what you can expect when you visit. So read […]
Camping in Slovenia
We drove through Slovenia in our campervan with children on our way from Poland to Venice as we had a house-sitting appointment later on in Puglia – the south east of Italy. We planned to spend three days in Slovenia, but loved it so much that we spent seven days going slow and exploring. So […]