I intentionally scheduled a long layover at the Munich Airport in order to go to Freising, a Bavarian town I would like to thank for the beginning of beer. Freising is the home of Weihenstephaner, the brewery believed to be the oldest in the world. I had actually planned to visit Freising on previous layovers …

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. …

Sadly, our bus from Dubrovnik to Kotor did not take the route that I had hoped, so unfortunately we missed seeing Ostrvo Sveti Dorde off the coast of Perast in Bay of Kotor. For those who have not heard of Sveti Dorde, it is a small natural island that has a 12th century monastery built upon …