Blogs from Serbia, Europe - page 30

The highlight of today and this week has to be getting press all stage passes to the Chemical brothers show in Belgrade's Arena. I was thinking of going to see the show, but did not feel like spending the $40 that the tickets cost. My friend Nemanja, came up with press passes that not only let us in to see the show, but allowed us almost all access passes to most of the places. The show started at 6 pm and was going till 4 am or so. We arived around 10 30 pm just in time not to miss the Chemical brothers that started at 11. It was a great sight to see. Beautiful women everywhere dancing to the beats. Beer was flowing and everyone was having a great time. the whole 16 000 people. ... read more

6/03-8/03 In the summer of 2003, I was back to my old summer traveling habits. For some reason, I was still not done with Europe. I had pretty much given up on Western Europe due to the expense, but Eastern Europe still offered everything I wanted, including a special surprise in Romania. I flew into my former hometown of Prague and went from there. Here are some blurbs of what I did in each country. Czech Republic- Prague, Benesov. My grand return to Prague was cut short by the temptation of going to new, undiscovered places. Germany- Dresden. Checking in on my favorite German city. Poland- Wroclaw, Warsaw, Zakopane, High Tatras. I based myself in Poland for mountain hiking in the High Tatras. I also made a stop in Wroclaw, my favorite Polish city. Lithuania- Vilnius, ... read more

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 performers such as Eric Prydz, Roger Sanchez, Snoop Dogg, Wu-tang Clan, Beasty boys, Basement Jaxx, Frankie Knuckles, Lauren Hill and many many others. more info about the festival at http://www.exitfest.org In any case, we went ... read more

I arrived last night and hit the sack after a short ride around the town. The place brings back major memories from my childhood. Most of them pleasant. I got up at 5 am to the sound of roosters. How cool. I am staying with my friend Srdjan in a suburb for the time being. I went around the city on foot for 4 hours. Managed to pick up a book by a local writer and relaxed in the sun, reading the book and drinking mineral water...and that was all before noon. I met my elementary school friend Nenad for lunch and he took me to an amazing restaurant in Zemun on the bank of the Danube river. (the picture does not do it justice) I am taking a bit of a nap now in ... read more

Finally, the first post during my journey... I successfully left my hometown, which is now known to some more people (who are always welcome to meet me there in the short time I spend there...if I'm absent, my family will gladly help you I guess ), and my "hitchhiking skills" safely brought me to Sibylle, a friend of mine who's trying to improve the educational situation in Germany in the front line by being a primary school teacher in Fuerstenfeldbruck in Bavaria. The next stop to China was Innsbruck, the capital of Tirol in Austria, where I met my yearlong, preferred flatmate Hermann who started a late career as a part time student in this city surrounded by beautiful mountains. Under a perfect blue sky, we both climbed one of these mountains, which was the ... read more