Europe

Iceland 24 hour touchdown – So much more to explore!

“Sólfar” (“Sun Voyager”) created by Jón Gunnar Árnason Traveling from Europe to the US has always been a long flight with no stops in between. However, Iceland is now offering an interesting twist to traveling and allows stopovers. We opted to tag a one-night stopover on our flight returning from London allowing us to break up the journey and see …

Diocletian’s Palace -How a Roman Emperor’s palace became a modern city and still survived as an archeological treasure.

Diocletian, born in Dalmatia, was a Roman Emperor for twenty years. He had the palace constructed in Aspalathos (modern day Split) near Salona. Diocletian had divided the Roman Empire into two regions, appointing another emperor for the Western Empire while he ruled the Eastern Empire. Salona was the capital of the Eastern Empire and as large as Rome, with around …

Dubrovnik – From a City State to a Tourist Destination (Damn that earthquake of 1667!)

Dubrovnik is a beautiful city with an illustrious past. Its long history is a good reflection of the ebb and flow of empires, creation of countries, as well as the changes in global trading activities, through the ages. Formerly Greek and Roman settlements, the city of Ragusa was founded in 7th century. About this time Croats formed the town of …