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North Macedonia – Pelagonia and West May 5-7 2019 I crossed the Bulgarian/North Macedonian border at 17:30 on May 5, 2019. It was painless on both sides. N Macedonia is easily the least problematic border to cross in the Balkans. … Continue reading →

North Macedonia – Pelagonia and West – April 11, 2019 Currency. On xe.com in May 2019, 1€ = 61.59 MKD (Denars). 100 MKD = 1.62€ As I had time to kill before having to be at the Istanbul Airport on … Continue reading →

SOME OBSERVATIONS AND TIPS Greece generally seems kind of “backward”. Even though it was the birthplace of democracy, literature, mathematics, drama, philosophy – you name it, it was done here first. But that was 2300 years ago. Now it seems … Continue reading →

Crete April 6-8, 2019 After 2 busy days in Athens, I caught the 9 pm ferry on Blue Star Ferries (€79 – quite a deal, but apparently a special price, regular €111) for the 10½ hour trip to Crete. Leave … Continue reading →

Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Republika Hrvatska) is a country at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, on the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro to the southeast, sharing a maritime border with Italy. Its capital, Zagreb, forms one of the country’s primary … Continue reading →

Bosnia and Herzegovina, often known informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeastern Europe, located within the Balkan Peninsula. Sarajevo is the capital and largest city. Bosnia and Herzegovina is an almost landlocked country – it has a narrow coast at the Adriatic Sea, about 20kms long … Continue reading →

Albania, officially the Republic of Albania, is a country in Southeast Europe on the Adriatic and Ionian Sea within the Mediterranean Sea. It shares land borders with Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, North Macedonia to the east, Greece to the south and a maritime border with Italy to the west. Geographically, the country displays varied climatic, geological, hydrological and morphological conditions, defined in an … Continue reading →

Montenegro (Montenegrin) is a country in Southeastern Europe on the Adriatic Sea. It borders Bosnia and Herzegovina to the north; Serbia and Kosovo to the east, Albania to the south and Croatia to the west. Montenegro has an area of 13,812 square kilometres and a population of 620,079 (2011 census). Its capital is  Podgorica and Cetinje is designated … Continue reading →

The Yugoslav Wars were a series of separate but related ethnic conflicts, wars of independence and insurgencies fought in the former Yugoslavia from 1991 to 2001, which led to the breakup of the Yugoslav state. Its constituent republics declared independence, despite unresolved tensions between ethnic minorities in the new … Continue reading →

Montenegro Central and Coast March 27-29, 2019. Another country and this one with some differences. First it is a country I had rarely heard of. Part of the former Yugoslavia, it occupies the far south just above Albania and Macedonia. … Continue reading →