Remember those Choose You Own Adventure books where you could make one of two choices and depending on the choice the book would take you on a different journey? I believe the same holds true for every choice made while traveling and maintain that having a positive outlook will usually result in the best experience …

Some people tell me about the places they want to go again and again but never seem to actually plan to do it. The first thing I usually ask is “why haven’t you done it already?” or “why don’t you go soon?”  to which they often respond with a variety of trivial excuses. I’m not …

I took an overnight bus from Budapest to Cluj-Napoca (Cluj for short) that departed at 23:00 and arrived in Cluj at 08:00 the next morning. I had booked the bus in advance through the Orangeways website, but it did not seem there was need to do so as the bus was empty for the journey. …