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Mostar Stari Most

September 4, 2016

Bosnia and Herzegovina is not a country that would immediately come to your mind when you think of Europe. However, this small country in Southeast Europe is definitely worth a visit for off-the-beaten-track travellers and only recently till 1995, it was struggling with a civil war. It was the year 1991, Yugoslavia disintegrated under the …
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Bulgaria beckons

March 9, 2016

Bulgaria is located in southeastern Europe, at the crossroads of Central Asia and the West. It borders Romania, Serbia, Macedonia, Greece and Turkey, all of which I have visited except for Greece. This  Balkan nation has a diverse terrain encompassing Black Sea coastline, rivers, including the Danube, and a mountainous interior. Bulgaria has a rich …
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Skopje, Macedonia

January 19, 2014

along the river on a cloudy day Skopje’s airport “Alexander the Great” connects the city to several European countries (Netherlands, Italy, Austria, UK, Germany…). I flew on Wizzair from Stockholm to Skopje. From the terminal there are buses running into Skopje centre (Cost one-way from airport to Skopje is 150MKD). Explore Matka Canyon, (twenty minutes …
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