Welcome to the blog Harvey Falcon, the intrepid travel corespondant helping SBVL explore non-ski related parts of the world. From golfing at a secret course on the island of Rhodes to some absolutely unreal encounters along the Camino de Santiago, Harvey will take us for the ride and show us the way to enjoy different places, people and culture.
Harvey knows how to get down, and some of these stories may be inapropriate for children. Keep up with the blog to live vicariously through our man on the ground and get some helpful travel advice.
Guide to Visiting Zurich Switzerland
Zurich, Switzerland is on the short list of my favorite cities in Europe (the other contenders include: Berlin, Madrid, Barcelona, Helsinki, Belgrade, Sarajevo, Athens, Lisbon, Salzburg, Budapest, Brasov, and Bruges - Moscow and Istanbul if you count those too). The...
The Harvey Falcon Guide to Visiting Switzerland
Ever since my first visit to Zurich in 2015 I have maintained that the entire world would move to this paradise if it weren't so goddamn expensive. On my two subsequent trips to Switzerland, there has been nothing to sway my mind off this take. I have since seen...
The Harvey Falcon Guide to the Sziget Festival
If you google "biggest festivals in the world" the results will yield four festivals that are not really music festivals. They're one day events like Street Parade in Zurich every July or Summerfest in Milwaukee, USA. I have been to the latter and it ends at 10 PM...
Harvey’s Guide to Visiting Romania
One of the highlights of Eastern Europe is undoubtedly Romania. Tucked in a forgotten corner of Europe and bordering a multitude of different kinds of countries, Romania is a diverse place with some incredible features of its own. Although I am partial to the smaller...
Harvey’s Guide to Visiting Czech Republic
Nothing in the Czech Republic is very big. The cities, doused in incredible history, are all pretty close together and not large, even by European standards. The nation that was formerly a region of Europe known as Bohemia (when a neighborhood around the world is...
Harvey’s Guide to Visiting Moldova
An often forgotten part of Eastern Europe, I was warned prior to visiting Moldova: there's nothing to do there and no young people. Apparently, they all leave the country as soon as they can because it's such a dismal place. I found neither of these things to be true...
Harvey’s Eastern Europe Travel Guide
More From Eastern EuropeFor my money, the best part of Europe is Eastern Europe. These formerly Communist countries have been providing backpackers with cheap options to visit for decades. My first foray into this epic part of the continent was on a two week trip from...
A Recap to Harvey visiting Turkey
Having visited almost 70 countries on my global adventures, I consider those that lie at the top of my mental list to be sacred. My home country of the US of course has a spot, my home for three years, Spain, holds another. The rest of this short list is more fluid:...
How to Spend a Couple Days in Istanbul Turkey
The capital of Turkey now lies on a special list of cities that I have visited multiple times. First coming in 2015 with my sister, we saw all of the sights: Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Galata Tower, Basilica Cistern, bars of Beyoglu and Karakӧy, Dolmabahçe Palace,...
Guide to Traveling in Bodrum/Selçuk/Izmir Turkey
If a city is home to one of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World, I am intrigued. If it has golf, beautiful beaches, and sunny weather…I’m for sure going to visit. Bodrum and Selçuk Turkey are both wonderful places that contain all of this. I booked three nights at an...
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