18.12.14

My November Whirlwind

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November was a month on the move for me.  It began in Belgrade, Serbia and ended in my hometown of Atlanta with a handful of new cities and countries visited in between.  I covered a good amount of ground last month, and had a lot of fun with new and old friends doing it. Bundling Whiskey...

16.11.14

Kickin' it in Kotor

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A few days before I was set to fly to London, Tommy, Ian and I decided to leave Pristina and head to Montenegro where Ian and I had the same flight to Stansted Airport on the following Sunday – talk about a small world!  We initially thought that Kotor for two nights would be wishful thinking...

13.11.14

A Continuation of My Confusion: Kosovo

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After being baffled by statues in Macedonia, I headed onto an equally as confusing city – Pristina, Kosovo.  Ground zero of the war in the late 1990s, the city is a curious collision of past and present, finished and unfinished.   I arrived in my usual manner - up for anything and less...

11.11.14

Macedonian Madness

If you’re looking for a place to boggle the mind, head to Skopje, Macedonia.  Bridge to Parliament, statues everywhere The most notable feature of the city from a tourist perspective: its statues.  If you think that there are too many statues in Paris or Rome, you have no idea what...

9.11.14

The Incredible Istanbul

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Arriving at the Turkish border at 2:00 AM on a blustery November morning is less than thrilling.  Amelie, Claudia and I were shaken awake from our various states of half-sleep when our bus sputtered to a halt at the Turkish border from Bulgaria.  Upon seeing that we were awake, we were instructed...