The Balkans

  • Day Trip To Plovdiv

    I spent two nights in Sofia, but while I was there I took a day trip to the nearby city…

  • 24 Hours in Sofia

    “Our flight time will be about 2½ hours, thanks to a strong tailwind. The current weather in Sofia is sunny,…

  • The Ballad of August 1993 (and other stories)

    So, let me take you back to the heady days of the mid 1990s. What were you up to? Most…

  • Two days in Eastern Bosnia

    As international borders go, the one between Serbia and Bosnia that I passed through around 2.30am wasn’t anything particularly special.…

  • Novi Sad in a few hours

    Novi Sad is Serbia’s second biggest city, around 80km from Belgrade and the train takes about 90 minutes. It stands…

  • Belgrade – The White City

    See, I’ve been to Belgrade now three times (I have a penpal there), and each time it’s been in a…

  • Laibach and think of Slovenia

    Ahh, Laibach. But I’m not here referring to the Industrial/Experimental music group/culture founded in the late 80s/early 90s who had…