by Matthew Allison | Oct 9, 2022 | Europe
October 2022: Visiting every country wasn’t always my goal but over the years I realized it is suddenly possible and I am actually within reach of accomplishing something I never thought possible. So, this quest has brought me to countries like Monaco that I...
by Matthew Allison | Oct 8, 2022 | Europe
October 2022: Throughout my travels, the Nordik country of Denmark somehow managed to escape my sights. The same cannot be said about its territories, the Faroe Islands and Greenland but the actual country itself had evaded me up until now. On a 10-day trip around the...
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...