New Zealand
New Zealand - the Māori
How Māori culture shapes everyday life in New Zealand, from the carved gateway at Auckland Airport and the haka at Whakarewarewa to a Māori song in…
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Culture and heritage
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Morocco
Morocco - the exotic within easy reach
Direct flights from Poland put Morocco just a few hours away. A loop from Marrakesh over the Atlas Mountains to Ouarzazate, along the Road of the…
Kosovo
Kosovo - the unknown Balkans
A day trip from Montenegro to Kosovo: border formalities, car insurance, Peja and two great Serbian Orthodox monasteries under KFOR guard, the Patriarchate of Peć and…
Spain
Santander - gateway to northern Spain
Seven days and 2,500 km from Santander: the El Pendo cave in Cantabria, Bilbao, San Sebastián, Pamplona, Bardenas Reales, Galicia and Santiago de Compostela, Asturias and…
United Kingdom
Around Scotland by electric car
A July road trip around Scotland in an electric BMW i3: Loch Lomond, Glencoe, the Isle of Skye, the North Coast 500, Dunnet Head and John…
Greece
Greece - the mountains are an interesting alternative to the islands
Northern Greece as an alternative to the islands: the gold of the royal tombs at Vergina, the Meteora monasteries, Metsovo and the restored stone village of…
Slovenia
Slovenia - Slavic mountains
A weekend loop around Slovenia starting from Budapest: Kamnik, Škofja Loka, lakes Bohinj and Bled, Planica, the hairpins above Kranjska Gora, the Tolmin Gorges, Piran, the…
Albania
The two faces of Albania
Two short trips to Albania two years apart: a run-down Leskovik reached from Greece in 2015, and a friendly, café-loving Shkodra with Rozafa Castle reached from…
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
A summer road trip through Bosnia and Herzegovina: Počitelj on the Neretva, Medjugorje, the Dervish Monastery in Blagaj, the Old Bridge in Mostar and multicultural Sarajevo.