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Spring has sprung and thoughts are turning to summer travel. We’re staying local this year. A recent trip across the border to the wonderful city of Maribor in Slovenia has put a longing on us to see more of that wonderful country. I want to go back to Transylvania and visit other parts of Romania too. I can see short trips by rail and road in my future, saving the big adventure for Sierra Leone later in the year.

Do you have plans?

If you can’t make up your mind about where to go, check some of my posts for inspiration. Feel free to comment if you’ve questions… I’ll do my best to answer them.

Life is short. Make the most of it.

Yellow signpost with black letters spelling JERUZALEM above a circular sign with 40 written on white with a red circle. Standing at the edge of a village.

Jeruzalem, Slovenia

As the story goes, Crusaders, on their way to the Holy Land, stopped off in northeastern Slovenia, in a village on top of the highest

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Ptuj, Slovenia

It was our second visit to Slovenia’s oldest town. The last time barely counted, as we were simply passing through. This time, we stayed a

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