I’m just going to say it: Krakow, Poland is an overrated destination. Whenever I travel through Europe, people always ask me if I’m going to visit Krakow. “No,” I usually respond. “Ohh, you’re really missing out. It’s one of the best cities in the world,“ they reply. This year, as I finally made my way [...]
Tag Archives: Saturday City
The Saturday City: Vienna
November 5, 2011 – 10:14 am
It took me three times to really see Vienna. When I first went in 2006, I was visiting friends and we didn’t do much of anything except lounge around in a park and go to a concert. The second time was to see a girl I was dating, and my time was spent with her [...]
The Saturday City: Hamburg
October 22, 2011 – 8:42 am
Whenever I hear a city mentioned with glowing enthusiasm, I get a bit skeptical. I’ve learned that having expectations about a place often lead to disappointment. Places get built up so much in your head that reality can often never live up to your imagination. And so whenever people told me how amazingly wonderful Hamburg, [...]
The Saturday City: Tallinn
August 27, 2011 – 10:30 am
I have always viewed the Baltics as sort of the outer frontier of European travel. A place well off the beaten Eurotrip path that most travelers follow. I couldn’t say where the genesis of this thought came from, but probably from the fact I can count on one hand the amount of people I know [...]
The Saturday City: Brasov
August 20, 2011 – 10:59 am
I loved my visit to Romania and I found Brasov to my favorite city. I had the best time there and I found it to be a wonderful base for exploring the area. For some reason, hardly anyone visits Romania. I rarely ever saw any large groups of tourists while here. But for the travelers [...]