Highlights
A selection of highlights from a diverse and fascinating part of Europe.
Most means a bridge, and though four or five bridges cross the Neretva River in Mostar, there is only one that really matters. It's the Stari Most, the Old Bridge. Though it connected the east and ...
Moving deeper now into the south-east corner of Europe, along the fast four-lane autoroute that connects Sofia and Bulgaria's second city, Plovdiv, across the Plain of Thrace. The landscape of heat...
Every Monday morning a train filled with lumberjacks leaves Viseu de Sus for the high forest of the Maramures Mountains. At eight o'clock, with clear skies making for a bitterly cold morning, but h...
It's mid-morning and a procession is making its way slowly through the riverside town of Visegrád, five miles and two bends downstream from Esztergom. Drums and trumpets are sounding, flags and pen...
Route
Follow Michael's route through Eastern Europe with our immersive and interactive map.
Photography
New Europe was very much a people-focussed journey. So many countries in such a small area and all different and distinctive. Basil's photography catches all the uniqueness of a part of Europe steeped in history and a multitude of cultures and traditions.