Monthly Archives: May 2019

Serbia – South and East (Niš, Požarevac, Smederevo, Pirot, Kladovo) May 26-27 2019 One sees Roma frequently: riding horse driven carts and their housing “districts” that look like squats – incredibly messy with garbage everywhere. They often beg with children … Continue reading →

OBSERVATIONS and TIPS on ROMANIA 1. Gas Prices. The price of diesel (higher than gas) in Serbia was one of the highest in southern Europe at an average of about 165 SN or €1.40/l. The price in Romania was an … Continue reading →

Romania – West (Timişoara, Arad, Hunedoara, Caraş-Severin) May 29 – 2019 Arsenal Park Transilvania, Orăştie. This theme park has a distinctly military flavor (archery, archery tag, military instruction, air gun shooting, military transport vehicles), adventure activities (climbing wall, skywalk, zip-line, … Continue reading →

OBSERVATIONS 1. The thing I find most irritating are that they talk and text while driving all the time. It makes for very distracted drivers. 2. All the Serbs I’ve met have been extremely nice and helpful. I had a … Continue reading →

Serbia – Belgrade, West (Novi Pazar, Kragujevac, Čačak, Kraljevo, Užice) May 23-25, 2019 BELGRADE Day 1 I had a mammoth walk about through all of central Belgrade seeing everything below in this order. Unusually, I had sore feet at the … Continue reading →

Not to be confused with Romanians, an unrelated ethnic group and nation, nor with modern or ancient Romans, also unrelated. SUMMARY The Romani (also spelled Romany), colloquially known as Gypsies or Roma, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, traditionally itinerant, living … Continue reading →

SERBIA Serbia – Vojvodina (Novi Sad, Subotica, Pančevo) May 20-22, 2019 I entered my 110th country on May 20. The Serbian side asked lots of questions and seemed surprised that someone would travel as much as I do. I decided … Continue reading →

The Jasenovac concentration camp was an extermination camp established in Slavonia by the authorities of the Independent State of Croatia(NDH) during World War II. The camp was established and operated solely by the governing Ustaše regime rather than by Nazi … Continue reading →

Croatia – Slavonia and Baranja (Osijek, Sisak, Bjelovar) May 19-20 2019 JASENOVAC Jasenovac concentration camp was an extermination camp established in Slavonia by the authorities of the Independent State of Croatia(NDH) during World War II. The camp was established and … Continue reading →

Slovenia – Eastern (Maribor, Celje, Novo Mesto, Postojna) May 17-19, 2019 Mokrice Castle, Jesenice. Just across the Croatian/Slovenia border, this stone/plaster manor house is now the Hotel Grad Mokrice with rooms surrounding a nice courtyard. A golf course surrounds the … Continue reading →