Europe String

Previously Featured Destinations on Sounds Greek to Me: Rzeszów
The category Sounds Greek to Me is all about destinations with names which are difficult to pronounce and/or spell for English-speakers. Places featured are served by budget airlines.
Växjö is a small charming university town located right in the middle of southern Sweden, Småland.

First off, how the hell do you pronounce all those letters with those dots on top?! English speakers would probably guess that it would be something like vaxjoe, right? It’s not. It’s more along the lines of vek-fwoo. Best to ask a local when you to Växjö, …read more

3 Comments

As previously mentioned, I will be featuring destinations with the following criteria:

The names will be difficult to pronounce and/or spell. At least, for us, English-speakers. (inspired by a chapter in the book How Low Can You Go)
These destinations will be directly served by one of the many budget airlines in Europe
Your travel cost will be minimal
Like most of you, I have never been to any of these unpronounceable, budget locations

Our first featured destination under our new category, Sounds Greek to Me is Rzeszów.
Rzeszów [pronounced zhe-zhoof] is a city in the southeast of Poland, east of Kraków. And …read more

1 Comment