The following is a guest post by Karl Barth, who recently returned from his first international trip to Romania! If you have a travel story you want to share on Go Backpacking, please read our submission guidelines. The city of Bucharest…… where to begin? I would describe it as the all of the elegance and [...]
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November 2010
Of all the places I visited on my road trip across the United States, it wasn’t until New Orleans, Louisiana that I truly felt alone. The city is tragically beautiful and unique and without any real clue as to where I was or where I should be going, I was overwhelmed. Thankfully, as I was [...]
I spotted this very large and colorful cricket in South Africa.
Many parts of Romania contain incredibly ornate Eastern Orthodox Churches.
The box reads, “For wherever the road takes you.” Perfect, I thought, as I opened it, put on the new Seregenti Siena glasses, and hopped into my packed car. For those of you that were unaware, I just returned from a solo 6-week cross-country road trip. I drove through 32 states, stopped in 25 cities, [...]
Life in Romania: people who never met me before would take me into the their homes.
One side effect of expat Albania is the temptation to hang out with other foreigners.