Slovenia is definitely a country less traveled. When I was invited by the Slovenian Tourist Board to spend a handful of days in the country, I wanted to grasp that chance to get an impression of the variety that Slovenia has to offer. Many people know about the beauty of the Alps, but fewer people…
Everyone we met (and asked) in Croatia raved about Plitvice Lakes National Park. Everyone seemed to think that it was one of the absolute highlights of a visit to Croatia—if not the one main highlight. And every guidebook I opened seemed to be saying the same thing. Needless to say, we were really looking forward to…
On the way from Istria to Dalmatia, we spent the night in the coastal city of Zadar before continuing our road trip to Krka National Park and nearby Šibenik. Both Zadar and Šibenik are excellent places to stay if you want to visit Krka National Park, respectively located less than 60 minutes and 15 minutes…
It was in Istria that we got our first taste of Croatia and immediately fell in love with it. A triangular peninsula in northwestern Croatia, Istria (Istra in Croatian) might not be as famous as hyped Dalmatia, but it is definitely equally as beautiful. Although not that big, this is a diverse region—a place where…
Yesterday, I finished one of my main goals for 2015! After more than a year of driving around, occasionally getting lost, stumbling upon gorgeous little towns and traveling over the mountains and through the valleys of rural Vermont, I have now seen and photographed all 103 covered bridges in Vermont. That number is based on…
Our last hike was in late June. We hiked to the summit of Camel’s Hump before spending a weekend in Stowe, after which we haven’t done much in terms of outdoorsy activities. Unlike last summer, when we went swimming pretty much every other day, went camping in Maine and hiked up a dozen mountains, this…
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Last Saturday, before we went to Stowe to celebrate our first wedding anniversary, Caroline and I spent the day in the Green Mountains. In addition to yummy maple syrup, covered bridges and gorgeous farmlands, the Green Mountains are one of Vermont’s main attractions. Hiking Camel’s Hump was something I’d wanted to do for quite some time…
After our hike to the summits of Mount Webster and Mount Jackson, we spent the night in a motel in North Conway. The next day, we’d planned to bag two more 4,000-footers, Mount Osceola and East Osceola. After arriving at the trailhead and getting our backpacks ready, we noticed that my rain jacket was missing….
Last weekend, Caroline and I planned to do the challenging Presidential Traverse in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. However, upon seeing the higher summits of the Presidential Range covered in a layer of snow and feeling the bone-chilling wind that blazed through Crawford Notch, we decided that spending three days on the ridge probably…
On Saturday, which up until then was the warmest day of the year, Caroline and I took advantage of the spectacular weather to bag another mountain, our fourth one of the year. We headed to Benton, on the western edge of the White Mountains of New Hampshire, about an hour’s drive from our base in…
On Sunday, Caroline and I finally headed out for our first hike of the year. After six months of snow cover, temperatures way below freezing and roads covered with ice, spring has arrived and looks like it’s here to stay. Almost all snow has disappeared by now, except on the mountain peaks, and trees are…
Last Saturday, Caroline and I decided to strap on our snowshoes again for an afternoon of outdoor fun in the mountains and woods of New Hampshire. We headed to Glencliff along Route 25. At a point a short distance north of the Glencliff town center, Route 25 is intersected by the Appalachian Trail. There’s a…
Fall was beautiful, but winter in Vermont is turning out to be quite a great season as well. It’s the heart of winter now, but that doesn’t stop me from exploring. In fact, even when the fall foliage attracted huge crowds of leaf-peepers, I was already looking forward to winter and the snowy landscapes that…