How to get from Varna to Chisinau via the Danube Delta
How to get from Varna to Chisinau via the Danube Delta. A step-by-step guide on how to travel from Bulgaria to Moldova via Romania by public transport.
Communist-era architecture in Chisinau, Moldova (including a map of locations)
Alternative Chisinau – Soviet architecture in the Moldovan capital Chisinau, the capital and largest city of the Republic of Moldova, will not win any prizes for architectural attractiveness, but this is hardly surprising given the city’s recent history. A huge...
Things to do in Transnistria on a 10-hour visa (including a map of locations)
Visit Transnistria: What to see in Tiraspol and Bendery in the unrecognised state of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic We’ve been twice to Transnistria, a de facto/non-recognised country/state that split away from Moldova after the dissolution of the USSR in the...
Places associated with the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
Linking locations connected to Chernobyl and HBO’s miniseries If like us, you’ve been watching HBO’s recently-aired, and utterly riveting miniseries, Chernobyl, you might be wondering about the filming locations. If you’ve travelled in the region, you may also be...
Former secret Soviet bunker in Līgatne, Latvia
Līgatne is situated in northwest Latvia, 25km from Sigulda and 29km from Cēsis. The local Tourist Information Centre lists quite a few reasons to come and visit their town and I’m sure they are all valid ones but our one inducement to visit Līgatne was to go on a...
Street Art in Tbilisi, Georgia
Where to find Tbilisi’s best street art and graffiti, including a location map This is going to be an unashamedly photo-based post featuring some of the street art and graffiti we’ve seen in Tbilisi. As with many former Soviet or Communist countries, Georgia’s...