A Rose from Concrete

A Rose from concrete even as they rose from the concrete (and the ashes). “What doesn’t kill you definitely makes you stronger”. Growing up I heard a lot of report on CNN of the Bosnian war and I couldn’t help but wonder what war entailed and how people fared in such conditions. The city of […]

Praha: City of a hundred spires

I have been to a lot of cities but none of them have given me the kind of peace and tranquility I felt in Prague. The air is clean, the mood is chilled and the people are about their business. The city is maintains its history with a lot of baroque buildings and the old […]

Bled

Bled is a resort town in Northwestern Slovenia, set along its breathtaking glacial Lake Bled in the foothills of the Julian Alps. 🔷 The Castle On a steep cliff overlooking stunning views of mountains and the Lake is the Bled Castle, built in the 11th century, housing a chapel, a museum and a medieval printing […]

The Sunny side of the Alps.

FLOTUS 45, an American immigrant born and bred to the Knavs family in Slovenia, an alpine beauty with its breathtaking turquoise lakes, majestic castles, museums and ski resorts. Slovenia, part of former Yugoslavia is a Balkan country located in Central Europe and also part of the Schengen states. Slovenia’s Capital and most tourist city is […]

A Summer Afternoon in Zagreb.

The birth country of Nikola Tesla, the Republic of Croatia, part of former Yugoslavia, is a country in the Balkans, bordering Slovenia, Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, Hungary and Italy across the sea. Its capital is Zagreb, with its architectural influence from the Austro-Hungarian eras of the 18th and 19th centuries. I am spending my […]

Beauty on the Water.

Sensational Swedish Capital, the city of Stockholm is said to have been built on 14 Islands and is connected by 57 bridges, giving it its name “Beauty on the water”. Mamma Mia, the weather today is bright and beautiful, excellent for a city tour. I have arrived Stockholm this morning on a ferry from Helsinki. […]

Telling Tallinn Tales – A Gem in the Baltic.

One of my favorite things to do in a new city is visit the old towns. I love the Middle Ages and its history; cobblestone streets with colorful buildings, open squares with bronze monuments and churches in gothic style architecture make me feel like I am back in medieval times. Today I am heading to […]

Land of the Thousand Lakes

Finland has about 188,000 lakes and 179,500 islands which gave rise to its nickname “Land of the Thousand Lakes”. Finland is beautiful all year round, and it is breathtaking in the spring (end of May/ Early June), as flowers are in bloom, the weather isn’t gloom, and tourism is in boom… Haha sometimes I silly […]

The Baltics – 5 hours in Riga

Riga, a city found in the gulf of Riga, at the mouth of the Daugava River, is the capital and largest city in Latvia, one of the three Baltic states (the other two being Estonia and Lithuania). The city holds a lot of history which dates back as far as the 12th century, although today’s […]

Tbilisi – The city that loves you

Food, Wine, Sculptures and History…. Call it my idea of city exploration. I am spending a weekend in Tbilisi with the hope of seeing as much as I can in that little time. I chose to stay at the Hotel Ambassadori and it is an amazing choice. It is located in the old town and […]