• Shopping, skiing, Mozart legacy, superb old towns in Vienna and Salzburg

  • Doing business, interrogated by secret service, impressed by Red Square

  • Quiet, organized and very expensive capital of an ultra-rich nation

  • Swimming in the Adriatic Sea, hiking in Plitvice National Park, top athletes

  • Friendly and talkative Serbs, remnants of Yugoslavia, popular capital Belgrade

  • Kayaking in Matka canyon, swimming in Lake Ohrid, capital’s bizarre monuments

  • A short stop in Dublin to appreciate Irish tradition, food and drinks

  • A heaven for kids, captivating harbor of Nyhavn, constant soft rain

  • The less compelling Baltic country, replete with castles and monuments

  • From tradition to modernism; from Tallinn to Parnu; fast developing