After spending almost 3 months in Montenegro, I took a bus from Herceg Novi to Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina, where I spent a week. Some people will say that you can see Mostar in a day and it’s not worth staying longer; some people do spend longer amounts of time there and quite like it….
Looking for a truly underrated and off-the-radar slow travel base in France? I give you: Mulhouse, Alsace. I don’t even remember how Mulhouse appeared on my radar, except that it was probably during my search of the Alsace region for late November, and figuring out that it was the only city with accommodation within my…
After wrapping up two months in Budva, I came to Herceg Novi, Montenegro for the month of March, mainly to experience some different scenery and a slightly less touristy town. To get there, I took a 1.5 hour bus from Budva which wound around the entire Bay of Kotor. The views were incredible! (Pro tip:…
What is Budva, Montenegro like during the winter off season? Is it still worth visiting?
In October I began a 3-month odyssey around France, beginning with some quicker travel for a few weeks where I was able to sample several cities, starting in Bordeaux and working my way up through the Loire Valley, stopping briefly in Paris, then spending a month each in the Alsace Region (using the city of…
In 2024, my third year as a nomad, I tried to balance my time between familiar comfort and new experiences. I started out the year with a month in Sicily, followed by a month in Albania, a quick few days back in one of my favorite cities of Madrid, then back down to Chile and…
I started 2024 on the island of Sicily, where I stayed for approximately six weeks – starting with a week in Palermo, then taking a bus to Siracusa where I rented an apartment for one month, finishing up with a week in Catania. My original plan had been to stay in Palermo for a month,…
Malaga has been becoming more popular with travelers and nomads in recent years – almost a little too popular, considering the sharp rise in accomodation prices. And the Costa del Sol has long been a mass tourism cliche, conjuring up visions of package holidays, high-rise hotels, hordes of lobster-red British pensioners. Well,, it’s certainly highly…
This Balkan capital is changing rapidly and becoming more popular with all types of nomads, tourists and expats. I spent the month of February 2024 in Tirana and will share my impressions as a solo female slow traveler. Why visit Tirana? I needed to split up my time in the Schengen zone, preferably somewhere affordable,…