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| romantic pre-sunrise flight |
As my handsome spouse has mentioned, one of my life goals
was to explore 30 countries before turning 30. We discovered while researching #EuropeanLoveTour2016
that visiting the Balkans was the perfect way to reach this goal. The countries
are very close together, giving us short travel days and the opportunity to use
5 different currencies. It also made us think it was a great idea to plan a 12
hour layover in Belgrade so we could “pop over to Serbia for lunch”. So that’s
exactly what we did.
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| luna and i at the belgrade airport |
15 August 2016
03:00 wake up in Sofia, Bulgaria
05:30 wheels up
05:13 touch down in Belgrade, Serbia (thanks to the magic of time zones, we don’t miss a beat)
05:27 photo shoot with Luna Flatley
06:08 4 of us arrive at Hostel M to drop of our bags and pee. One smoker waits outside.
06:40 wander to the square thru walls covered in mostly pro-vegan graffiti
07:15 stop at the corner café for pizza. Because they don’t serve coffee until 08:00
09:04 sneak all 5 back into our 4 person hostel to sleep
10:39 stop for coffee at Abydabhuuya café
11:10 begin walking tour with an intimate group of 65
05:13 touch down in Belgrade, Serbia (thanks to the magic of time zones, we don’t miss a beat)
05:27 photo shoot with Luna Flatley
06:08 4 of us arrive at Hostel M to drop of our bags and pee. One smoker waits outside.
06:40 wander to the square thru walls covered in mostly pro-vegan graffiti
07:15 stop at the corner café for pizza. Because they don’t serve coffee until 08:00
09:04 sneak all 5 back into our 4 person hostel to sleep
10:39 stop for coffee at Abydabhuuya café
11:10 begin walking tour with an intimate group of 65
11:40 take a shot of the local
liquor Rakija with our 65 new best friends
11:42 learned that we just drank
the ladies version, aka the less alcoholic version (eye roll from the
progressives among us)
11:45 learned Serbian dance
11:46 Chris foolishly attempts
Serbian skipping dance and rolls his ankle on giant cobblestones
12:10 learned about currency,
the alphabet and where to find the “Silicon Ladies”
12:43 head for a cafe in the
bohemian artist quarter for our much desired Serbian meal.
13:00 order far too much meat, bread and beer
13:00 order far too much meat, bread and beer
13:46 hurry back to the hostel to
grab our bags
14:16 taxi to the airport
17: 25 wheels up
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| Serbian street art. #mytitsmymilk |
And now we’re in the beautiful bayside city of
Kotor, Montenegro. Over a moonlit meal, 5 best friends discussed the wonder of
having breakfast in Bulgaria, lunch in Serbia and dinner in Montenegro. That
was one hell of a day.
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