Europe

A native of Albania travels back to her home country and must choose which language to use, discovering that both English and Albanian will produce very different results. Whenever I’m…

Haunted by an abandoned hike five years earlier, a traveler gets a shot at redemption while hiking the 7 Rila Lakes in Bulgaria. 5 Years Ago My body was achy…

A first-time canyoner in the French Alps attempts to overcome her trepidation in order to enjoy increasingly difficult jumps. Don’t let go of the rope. Keep your feet on the…

Andrey Volkashin heads to Kožuf Mountain in Macedonia searching for vultures, only to find they may be rarer than he thought. They told me not to travel to the Lost…

A traveler takes part in the solemn nighttime ritual of transhumance on Italy’s Amalfi Coast. Midnight had hardly passed when the bell sound descended from the mountain. We had been…

A couple hiking near Ambergate in an English National Park stop to ask for directions and come upon a grandfather and his elfish grandson. “Trespassers, trespassers,” the trees whispered, so…

In 2013, myself and a friend traveled from Romania to the Polish Tatra Mountains, by way of Lviv and western Ukraine. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused me to…

In 2013, myself and a friend traveled from Romania to the Polish Tatra Mountains, by way of Lviv and western Ukraine. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused me to…

A photojournalist on assignment dives headlong into the guts and glory of Carnevale in Italy’s Sardinia. All photos (C) B.A. Van Sise There’s a moment, I think, when one has…