Best Travel Laptop 2016

Selecting the best travel laptop is tough and it all comes down to performance vs. portability vs. price. My old last laptop died last week and I spent over 30 hours researching the best travel laptops available in Q1 2016 before buying a new one. …it all comes down to performance vs. portability vs. price In this post I explain how I decided on the best travel …

Tirana to Kruja Day Trip

Kruja Castle Kruja, or Krujë in Albanian, is a small city perched up in the mountains 20km north of Tirana. Kruja was once the capital of the Kingdom of Albania before being conquered by the Ottoman Empire and subsequently recaptured by Skanderbeg. The Kruja fortress then became Skanderbeg’s headquarters. Skanderbeg Museum in Kruja

Tallink Silja Aland Islands

The Country of Aland Islands? The reason I enjoy following the Travelers Century Club’s list of countries is that I discover places like the Aland Islands. The Aland Islands, which in Swedish is spelled with an accented Å, as in Åland Islands, and pronounced “Oland”, is a country I had not heard of but became extremely interested in …