an ancient stone bridge crosses a deep emerald river in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mostar and Sarajevo

I鈥檓 writing tonight鈥檚 blog in Notepad because the Internet connetion here at the Swissotel in Sarajevo is so terrible. I can鈥檛 even check my email via Wi-Fi. My cell phone is working perfectly thanks to T-Mobile, but I only get 5 GB of free international data each month, so I don鈥檛 want to overdo it. But this Wi-Fi situation is upsetting. The rest of the hotel is really nice. I am super impressed with the quality of everything else, so it鈥檚 sort of crazy that I can鈥檛 get Internet access in my room. I鈥檒l post this the next time I actually have Internet access. ...

October 6, 2022 路 4 min 路 jtalbot
Overlooking Oia

Santorini

It鈥檚 pretty cool here right now, so we didn鈥檛 see the need to get up super early to start our big hike. We got up at a reasonable time, walked around town until we found a nice breakfast place overlooking the ocean, and then started walking from Fira to Oia. Breakfast was pretty good, but it was more expensive than it was worth, in my opinion. I guess that鈥檚 what you get when you go to a place with a nice view. Instead of the typical Greek yogurt, I went for some coconut yogurt with mangos and chia seeds. It was tasty, but I definitely could have used a bit more food before setting out on our hike. ...

October 6, 2021 路 4 min 路 jtalbot