Author: Jane
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Mostar, Bosnia & Herzogovina (Jane’s Journal 2026)
We took the train from Sarajevo down to Mostar. We had a hot tip from several blogs to make sure we sat on the left side of the train and for the first two hours that didn’t really make sense, but the last 30 minutes went through a stunning canyon with some epic views that…
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Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzogovina (Jane’s Journal 2026)
B and I parted ways in Tirana’s airport as we had separate flights to Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzogovina. I was originally planning to avoid the Schengen Zone to not burn up one of my days on a layover, but after forgetting this plan I bought a flight through Rome. To get around having to go…
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North Macedonia and Kosovo (Jane’s Journal 2026)
B and I went on an epic day trip (16.5 hours!!!) to visit the disputed territory of Kosovo and the small country of North Macedonia. At our first border crossing, one American guy had to get off the bus and I don’t know what happened to him. I think instead of a real passport he…
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Albania (Jane’s Journal 2026)
After an extremely early flight, I arrived in Tirana. I had a huge layover in Istanbul so I didn’t get there until 8 PM or so. Since B wasn’t going to arrive in Tirana until 11, we decided to get a hotel next to the airport and deal with going to the city the next…
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Georgia (the country) (Jane’s Journal 2026)
My intro to Georgia was from the middle front seat of a shuttle van, sitting next to a chain-smoking Armenian. I was very ready to get out of the car and decided to walk the fifteen minutes to my hotel. However, I forgot about the heat and when I finally arrived, I was a sweaty…
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Armenia (Jane’s Journal 2026)
After a quick flight from Rhodes, I arrived at the airport of Armenia’s capital city, Yerevan. I was super surprised by Yerevan! In the main part of town and the place where the tourists go, the buildings were shiny and new and everything felt very modern. There were lots of people milling around and I…
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Rhodes, Greece (Jane’s Journal 2026)
Rhodes is an island within spitting distance of Turkey. It has been a strategic location since forever because it is the crossroads between Asia, Africa, and Europe. I mainly wanted to go to it because of its more recent history, from the 13th century to the 15th. As crusaders would do their crusading, they would…
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Athens, Corinth, Delos, Mykonos, Naxos, Greece (Jane’s Journal 2026)
I joined up with some family members for my visit to Athens. This was my first time to Greece and I was excited to see the origins of so much of western civilization. I spent several days in Athens, then took a ferry to the Cyclades Islands, visiting Mykonos, Delos, and Naxos. Athens I still…
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Nice, Avignon and (nice) Monaco (Jane’s Journal 2026)
Nice, France, is on the Cote d’Azure, or Blue Coast. So named because of the bright blue Mediterranean Sea. This is part of the French Riviera, which I am pleased to say, was exactly the way I thought it would be: beachy, bougie, and beautiful. While in Nice, I took a quick half hour train over…
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Avignon, France (Jane’s Journal 2026)
After an exciting journey in a BlaBlaCar, I safely made it to my hotel in Avignon. Avignon is in the Provence region of France, but the reason I wanted to go was because for a while, the Popes moved shop from Italy and set themselves up in Avignon. BlaBlaCar I feel I should explain what…
