I will be in Split through May 11 so I’m approaching the next 30 days a little differently and will learn how to navigate as a local so I can test drive Croatia as a possible country to retire in eventually. I was a little terrified of the apartment I had rented sight unseen on…

After face planting on my bed at the end of my WarsawPass day, I decided to sleep in a little and woke up around noon to hit the 4-5 museums I hoped to visit. As soon as I pulled up the first one in Google Maps, I saw that every possible route had a large…

Most of my adult friends don’t know this, but my mother was a classically trained pianist who toured throughout South America, sometimes accompanied by my Aunt Maru, who was a classically trained Opera singer. She left La Paz right after middle school and studied in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil until her late teens. Classical music…

When I have a mixed drink, it’s almost always based on vodka. I like it icy cold right out of the freezer. When I saw the WarsawPass featured a museum dedicated to my favorite spirit, I had to see it. There were many options for the tour, all including a tasting room, including Connoisseur, which…

In sharp contrast to my navigation struggles getting to the Palace of Culture, Google Maps nailed the location of the closest Metro station that would take me to East Warsaw and the Polish Vodka Museum. Unfortunately, God started to laugh as I walked in because the signs were only in Polish and I couldn’t discern…

First mishap on my Warsaw Pass Day was catching my friend Lena in Norway and talking to my unofficial Godson August until 1am the night before, so I wasn’t ready to start until noon. This automatically deleted the Royal Lazienki museum because of both routing and the vast amount to see there, so giving myself…

I had read about Podwale 25 on a few different travel blogs and it was less than 10 minutes from the Chopin concert, so I headed out, foot sore and stomach growling, towards this local favorite. Wednesday night had one of their signature dishes on special, crispy roasted pork knuckle, and if it was anything…

I always Google whether a new-to-me city has a “CityPass” because that will tell me what are the most popular tourist sites with helpful links to both hours and ticket prices. In the case of Warsaw, there were 4/5 activities that, if done together with one 24 hour CityPass, would be worth the purchase at…

I decided Tuesday would be modern day Warsaw and I would buy a CityPass for Wednesday for the more expensive items and then close out the week with museums on Thursday. As with all travel, it’s great to plan but also plan to fail…. I am not a shopper but I have a fascination with…

After being stood up by not one, but two pre-booked taxis at the Chopin airport, I snagged an Uber and got to my rented apartment around 10:30 pm. The one downside of booking something through booking.com or airbnb is things can get lost in translation as far as entry to the building and getting a…