by Matthew Allison | May 29, 2022 | Europe
Chasing the Last of Eastern Europe: A Baltic Adventure May 2022: Touchdown in Lithuania In May 2022, I boarded a LOT Polish Airlines flight from Budapest, Hungary and landed in Vilnius, Lithuania just around noon.This trip marked a personal milestone — the Baltics...
by Matthew Allison | May 28, 2022 | Europe
May 2022: Tracing Empires in Eastern Europe From Roman Ruins to Communist Relics on the Road Through Hungary Completing the Map In May 2022, I returned to Eastern Europe with a specific goal: to visit the last countries I had left in Europe. After years of weaving...
by Matthew Allison | May 22, 2022 | Europe
Completing Eastern Europe: A Final Journey to Estonia A Personal Milestone May 2022: This trip marked a personal milestone — Estonia was the final country in Eastern Europe that I had yet to visit.It felt like the closing of a long, adventurous chapter of one of my...
by Matthew Allison | Apr 4, 2022 | Europe
April 2022: On our return flight to the U.S. from Luanda, Angola—Tribal Stay with Muila People in Southern Angola | Venture The Planet via Brussels Airlines—we had a five-hour layover in Brussels. Rather than wait idly at the airport, we decided to make the most of...
by Matthew Allison | Dec 12, 2021 | Europe
Short Trip to Echternach, the Oldest Town in Luxembourg November 2021: I deliberately planned a 20-hour layover in Frankfurt, Germany, to visit Luxembourg on a day trip. Luxembourg, one of the smallest countries in Europe, is also the wealthiest country per capita. At...
by Matthew Allison | Sep 25, 2021 | Europe
September 2021: We barely made it to Cyprus! Paula lost her phone in the Athens airport during our connection from Santorini, but by some miracle, it was recovered by airport staff and waiting for us at the lost and found counter in the baggage area. From Athens, we...
