{"id":8,"date":"2012-05-12T16:15:23","date_gmt":"2012-05-12T16:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rearviewmirror.ruqa4eh2-liquidwebsites.com\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2023-01-17T13:03:19","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T05:03:19","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rearviewmirror.tv\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rearviewmirror.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/about-me-header-albania.jpg\" alt=\"About Me: Andrea in Albania\" width=\"750\" height=\"300\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/rearviewmirror.substack.com\/embed\" width=\"680\" height=\"320\" style=\"border:1px solid #EEE; background:white;\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rearview Mirror: The Road Trip Travel Blog<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rearviewmirror.tv\/andrea-anastasakis\/\">Andrea Anastasakis<\/a>, the traveller and writer behind Rearview Mirror, a travel blog dedicated to all things travel in Europe.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m from Perth, Australia, but I&#8217;ve been living on and off in Europe since 1999. Right now, I&#8217;m taking a break from blogging while I&#8217;m back at uni studying sustainability. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Established in 2006, Rearview Mirror started out as a personal blog where I shared my life in Montpellier in the south of France. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I later spent many years living in Paris, I lived in London for a year or so and, more recently, I made Budapest my home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2012, I&#8217;ve been location independent, spending most of my time in Central Europe and the Balkans, working as a travel blogger. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Albania is my home away from home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The point is, I&#8217;ve been living, working and travelling in Europe for many years and that&#8217;s the basis of the guides you&#8217;ll find here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My most popular guides are on Albania and Budapest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rearviewmirror.tv\/albania\/\">Albania Travel Guide<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rearviewmirror.tv\/budapest\/\">Budapest City Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I love a good road trip and you can find some great European road trips here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rearviewmirror.tv\/europe-road-trip\/\">Europe Road Trip Itineraries<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re more curious about Western Europe, you might be interested&nbsp;in posts about France and Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rearviewmirror.tv\/the-complete-list-of-day-trips-from-paris\/\">The Complete List of Day Trips from Paris<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rearviewmirror.tv\/best-beaches-in-sardinia\/\">The Best Beaches in Sardinia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For less visited destinations, consider Estonia or Romania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rearviewmirror.tv\/estonia-road-trip\/\">Estonia Road Trip: 7-Day Itinerary<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rearviewmirror.tv\/romania-road-trip\/\">Romania Road Trip: Exploring Transylvania<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Or maybe you&#8217;re more interested in storytelling and you&#8217;d like to read about the time I had lunch with drug lords in Albania&#8217;s most infamous village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rearviewmirror.tv\/lunching-with-drug-lords-in-lazarat\/\">Lunching with Drug Lords in Lazarat<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You won&#8217;t find many photos of me on the blog, but I&#8217;ve added a few here to show I really do exist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" 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