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Cheapskate Chronicles: Free Walking Tours in Europe
Blog: Travel Adventures of Newman - 9 November 2011
Imagine arriving at the latest European city on your itinerary, checking into your hotel or hostel, and feeling somewhat disoriented by your new surroundings. How then to regain your bearings?
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Lady in the Balkans
Blog: A Lady in London - 3 October 2011
Most people thought I was crazy to travel to the Balkans by myself. I was lectured on safety, on health, on everything imaginable. But I had been curious about the region for years, not least because the only thing I really knew about it related to the conflicts in the 1990’s. There was surely more [...]
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Lady in Belgrade
Blog: A Lady in London - 30 September 2011
Everyone loves Belgrade. Throughout my 15-day Balkans trip, I heard from fellow travelers, hoteliers, and others about what an amazing city it was. From the famous nightlife to the great grilled meats to the cafe culture, the capital of Serbia came highly recommended. I arrived in said city at 5:45am after a 10-hour night train [...]
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Belgrade’s Nikola Tesla Museum
Blog: Vagobond.com - 22 June 2011
Tesla himself was a U.S. citizen and died in New York City where he was working on a way to create 'free energy' which conspiracy theorists believe was sabotaged by the electricity companies.
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New Book Roars
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 29 April 2011
Destination: The Former Yugoslavia Book: The Tiger’s Wife (NEW March 2011) by Téa Obreht The thought that kept haunting me as I read this novel was, “How did this magical realism get transferred from South and Central America to the Balkans? ” The Tiger’s Wife is full of legends, fables, and myths–magical explanations of otherwise unexplainable events.
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Bastards of Young
Blog: Murmurs from a foriegn land. - 23 April 2011
Belgrade, Serbia. After getting to the hostel ridiculously earlier and some decent sleep in a bed. I get up rather late-ish and grab a burek and a great big bottle of ice tea. After a slight chill out in the hostel I head on up to the Kalmageden fortress. The lucky thing is that its [...]
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Vagobond in Belgrade – Buildings and Animals
Blog: Vagobond.com - 16 March 2011
Belgrade is a gritty city filled with bad graffiti and dog turds. While I found pockets of what seemed like paradise, for the most part, the city felt like what it is, a scarred and damaged war zone where unspeakable atrocities have taken place.
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Marko, Double Rainbows, and the Avala Television Tower in Belgrade
Blog: Vagobond.com - 14 March 2011
To be fair, I got off to a bad start in Serbia. Getting surrounded by a pack of wild dogs, being told how American's and Muslims were hated by my hosts, and being accused (sort of jokingly) of being a spy kind of put me at odds with this country.
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From Sofia to Belgrade – Serbia
Blog: Vagobond.com - 13 March 2011
Leaving a country you like is always a crapshoot. If you think about it, it's like being at a party where you are having a great time and suddenly you hear about another party and decide to go check it out. It might be the ultimate raging party or it might be kind of lame.
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Where I’ve Been…hostels, hotels, and couches.
Blog: Vagobond.com - 12 March 2011
Travel around the world and you are sure to want to write about it. One thing you will discover is that finding the time to write about your travels isn't always easy. Far too often you have to put things off until you have some down time and if you are doing things right, you won't have much of that!
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Day 198: Leaving Serbia... confused.
Blog: Diaries of a Vagabonding Couple - 29 August 2010
Serbs whiling away the afternoon in Belgrade Belgrade. The Serbian capital made a good stopover point as we prepare to cut through Romania from the west. There's a pretty energetic vibe to the city, everyone seemed to be out and about - young adults hanging out at cafes; old folks playing chess in the park. I'm sure the nightlife here is as great as any Western European capital, though we were
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Fast-Track Traveling
Blog: Honey Service Year - 22 June 2010
Our blogging has really taken a nose dive in the last few weeks. We have been traveling so fast that my head is spinning. Can I give you a tour through the Balkans? I must warn you, our experiences are brief and incomplete, but hopefully will give you a taste. May 28, 2010: Arrive in Taşucu, Turkey, by way of Cyprus. What a wonderful change from Cyprus: normal prices, normal people, and although
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Bombs Over Belgrade
Blog: Twenty-Something Travel - 9 February 2010
If I were to sum up Belgrade in one word, it would be “gritty.” After an amazing couple of weeks in elegant Bosnia and relaxing Montenegro it was a shock to the system to be dropped in the center of hot, urban Belgrade. Also a shock: I’d encountered my fair share of bombed out buildings in Bosnia, and [...]
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Toby gets us lost
Blog: Murmurs from a foriegn land. - 16 December 2009
Belgrade, Serbia – August 17th, 2009 Today we’re off to explore Belgrade a bit more than what we have. And our tour guide is none other than Mr Tobias Morrison. Toby is a reknowned tourist guide…actually no but he does try to lead us around. And get us lost in the process. We head off down to [...]
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Beerfest…I’m there.
Blog: Murmurs from a foriegn land. - 15 December 2009
Belgrade, Serbia – August 15th, 2009. So I get up rather early, pack my bag, and head off. With a brief stop at the supermarket and Burek store. I then hop on a bus to the bus station which is a fair way out of town. And wait for Toby and Chris to arrive. Apparently they [...]
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Notes on Belgrade: A curious mix of Classical and Commie Europe
Blog: Nomadic Notes Travel Blog - 4 November 2009
Visiting Belgrade When I was growing up Belgrade was one of those cities that I had only heard of on the news. Just like the other Bel -Belfast – whenever you would hear about Belgrade it was always for all the wrong reasons. Belgrade has emerged from the troubled breakup of Yugoslavia, and is now even making [...]
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In Belgrade’s Rain
Blog: Abandon the Cube - 4 November 2009
We took the night train from Sofia, Bulgaria, to the Serbian capital, Belgrade.
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Red Star calling
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 11 September 2009
Last night I met my sister’s pal Marko. He showed us the Cathedral of Saint Sava which is absolutely huge, I think he said it is the biggest in the Balkans. After that we went to his local called Maska, it was a nice laid back place with a good decor and ambience. It was [...]
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Absacker
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 10 September 2009
Last night I watched the Serbia game (while following the England game with the brilliant Sky Sports score centre iPhone app) with 2 lads from Hamburg and 1 from Munich, good lads. I ate a stupendous amount of free popcorn. They were going out afterwards and even though I was tired, I went too as [...]
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Good morning Beograd
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 8 September 2009
Before I changed trains last night I was sharing a cabin with these 2 cool looking young lads, at least I thought they were cool until I heard the terrible beyond belief sort of Turkish tunes they were playing on their mobile phones for the following few hours. I know people like different sorts of [...]
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