After reading David Stanley’s Moon guide to Fiji, I knew the quality of his other recently released guidebook, the Moon Travel Guide to Tahiti, would be of the same quality. These small, thick books are full of firsthand travel tips that make for easy planning before you leave, as well as vital guidance when...
At first glance, the cover image to Moon Travel Guides’ Fiji guidebook had me scratching my head: of all the gorgeous photos featuring the islands, a close up of a blue and yellow damselfish with red gorgonian coral in the background seemed a bit odd. But as soon as I opened the first 24...
The train ride from Sighisoara to Bucharest*, Romania added some spice to my train travels. I had a Eurail Pass and had travelled from Amsterdam, Berlin, Prague and Vienna through to Sopron and Budapest in Hungary, and finally Sighisoara in Romania. All of the previous train rides were uneventful, with on-time departures, friendly and helpful...
I went to the small medieval town of Sighisoara, one of the best preserved in Europe, knowing that Vlad Tepes (aka. Vlad the Impaler) was born here. (His father’s name was Vlad Dracul.) This is the ruler who Bram Stroker modelled Vlad Dracula after. Not only that, but the house he was born in (in...
I just don’t think there are very many better places to see your first opera than in Budapest*. So when I knew that I would be going to the Hungarian capital, I immediately did some research into what opera would be on during my visit. The Hungarian Opera Puccini’s Tosca was on at the...
In 1989, hundreds of East Germans ran through north western Hungary on their way to West Germany, crossing over just north of Sopron*, Hungary. Here, the Hungarians and Austrians had agreed to open their border for three hours in a symbolic gesture of peace. This was the chance for East Germans to cross the...
Starting out on the opposite foot than in Prague, I immediately fell for Vienna* as soon as I walked up the subway station steps and breathed in the wide boulevards. There was space! There was green space! I think of Vienna as one of those ideal cities, like Vancouver, where concrete streets and green...
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