Slovenia

Kutrubes Travel planned an exquisitely complicated tour for me through “eastern” Europe, and loved my time in Slovenia.

The highlight of Slovenia, is just walking through its spectacular downtown. If there is a more beautiful and uplifting town in Europe, I haven’t seen it.

As Slovenia is known for its natural beauty adventurers will enjoy the waterfalls, mountains, caves and lakes located in the Savinja and Šalek Valley.

Cool bridge with locks on it … signifying love!

Loved the bridge with the locks on it … this bridge was the first and inspired MANY others afterwards.

Who knew you could get milk from a vending machine?!

Turkey

Country Information: The capital of Turkey is Ankara. There are approximately 81 million people living here. The official language of Turkey is Turkish, but Kurdish is also spoken. The majority of Turks are Muslim, mostly Sunni. Jim's Perspectives: Have been to...

Azerbaijan

Country Information: It is in the epicenter of the Asian trade routes. The Caspian Sea dominates the landscape and has a significant impact on the country's temperate climate Sleek city streets with opportunities for shopping Yet this country fought a brutal conflict...

Iran

A week prior to leaving for Iran (in '16) I still did not have my visa and I was getting a bit nervous. This is a country that has had US sanctions imposed on it since the 70s and gets few visa requests from Americans. I’m sure that my request was thoroughly vetted by...