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Another town, another charming mess

19 May 2009 | Bosnia Herzegowina | Created 19 May 2009 | Last Update 19 May 2009 | 0 Comments

 We have arrived in the 4th country of our trip and this seems to be getting better! We took a bus from Belgrade and while smoking, eating and talking on the phone the bus driver drove up and down the narrow mountain roads. Abit of a looney, but we arrived safe and sound in Sarajevo - and liked...

Serbia is nice!

17 May 2009 | Serbia | Created 17 May 2009 | Last Update 17 May 2009 | 0 Comments

Just passing through

13 May 2009 | Macedonia | Created 13 May 2009 | Last Update 13 May 2009 | 0 Comments

This morning we took the train from Thessaloniki - compartements, comfortable seats, aircondition - all of which i found surprising. For some reasson i expected a heap of junk on wheels. Passing through the Macedonian landscape (a lot of it, since Skopje is at the Northern end of the country) we wer...

Goodbye Greece

12 May 2009 | Greece | Created 12 May 2009 | Last Update 12 May 2009 | 0 Comments

We have now arrived at the last stage of the first country, athe lovely city of Thessaloniki. Tomorrow morning we will board a train to Skopje, the capital of Macedonia. From what I hear we can expect massive delays at the border since the Greek authorities are trying to make things complicated beca...

Peloponnes here we come

09 May 2009 | Greece | Created 10 May 2009 | Last Update 10 May 2009 | 0 Comments

Hi All, after a few days in the wilderness we arrived at a place with internet again. And I must say, so far we have been very very impressed with Greece. We came at the right time though, there are a few tourists around but the main madness has not started yet. It is warm e...

Rain over Athens

06 May 2009 | Greece | Created 06 May 2009 | Last Update 06 May 2009 | 0 Comments

After a tearful farewell from Ireland we arrived late last night into Athens. We asked at the tourist office how to get to our hotel and after explaining it to us the tourist officer highlighted an area on the city map which he described as 'dangerous'. He didn't specify it but our hotel was right i...