The Old Serbian Train The train from Thessaloniki was stinking hot. The seat covers were a nice shade of brown so there was no telling how disgustingly dirty they really were. There was no air con, just open windows and curtains that would flap in the wind. We had seats though. The 3 of us shared one cabin and thought we may even sleep that night. The cabin seats six, so when you fold the seats down can sleep three, kinda. We had about an hour and a half to the "Macedonian" (F.Y.R.O.M.) border. Kell and I were slightly nervous but [View Full Entry]

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Woke up at 0715 and stayed in my couch till 0730 until the alarm went. Thereafter took a shower and got ready. I left with Vesna (Vecky), she went to work and I went to the bus station to go to Novi Sad. Novi Sad is the capital city of an Autonomous Province in Northern Serbia called Vojvodina. Similar to Kosovo the difference being that in Vojvodina the people are not asking for an independent state. The return ticket to Novi Sad was quite expensive at 760 Dinars. I think there was something wrong but didn't argue as I couldn't speak [View Full Entry]

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January 4th - Me and Brian boarded a bus in Belgrade, Serbia and headed off to Novi Sad, which is the capital of the semi-autonomous state of Vojvodina, in Serbia. It is a smaller city (about 300-350 thousand people). We arrived there and called our friend Tammy, who I'd met earlier in the trip, and was supposed to let know if we were going to Novi Sad. She offered to show us around and hang out with her friends at night. Novi Sad had virtually no tourists that I could tell of, and we kind of got stared at a bit, [View Full Entry]

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I was never supposed to go to Serbia. Of course it was on the list of things to do, with just about every other place on earth. But I had been bugging my Croatian friend to hook me up with a free place to stay with one of his friends in Zagreb. He emailed me one day and said his friend is going to Serbia and I should go with her. This was a Tuesday, I left on Thursday. But on Wednesday I met a random friend, Rob from Canada, who was just visiting Budapest and had no intention of going [View Full Entry]

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On my bus ride to Novi Sad I met a lovely girl Jelana who told me all about living in Serbia, they dont make much money there, but the cost of living is low so actually they are generally quite well off. We met up with her boyfriend Nemanja for a beer and a chat, they really are a friendly people and very hospitible and enjoy having guests. We ended up going out for dinner then having more beers with two of his friends Deva and "Coma" before hitting up the Rakia shots (plum brandy - deadly!) Thanks guys! By [View Full Entry]

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Around June time last year I can remember telling people that I was about to go to EXIT Festival in Serbia. The typical reaction was “you are going where?” After telling them the line up their interest perked up a little but few people were envious. This year the reaction was completely different. They were either very jealous or they were coming too. Despite being seven years old it took us in Britain a while to notice this festival but that all changed this year. And that wasn’t necessarily for the best. In the days of so many commercial festivals, started [View Full Entry]

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So today, took a day trip to the 2nd largest city in this country, Novi Sad. It was further than I thought!. On the bus, along the way you can see the farms, the lowlands....beautiful. At some point you can also see garbage dumps though..haaa! Got there and it was so different from Belgrade!....more laid back. However, full of EXIT people.....which made it....umm....I just didnt like it with all of them around. I think I saw the English that got me drunk that night! ><" Anyways, walking around seeing the festival goers..they filled all the cafes!..made me wanna leave that [View Full Entry]

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The day started great. I went to the local swimming pool with my friend Srdjan. We enjoyed some well deserved cooling off as the temperatures went passed 30 degrees C. Around 3 pm the clouds appeared out of nowhere and the rain came down for 20-30 minutes. It was a perfect time to take a nap and rest for the trip to Novi Sad in the evening. A short 1 hour drive from Belgrade is a beautiful city of Novi Sad. It is home to EXIT music festival in July which attracts many international performers. It is 3 day event with [View Full Entry]

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