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2Jun/1014

Balkans Tour’s Genesis

I can remember exactly when i first thought of this "Balkans Tour", though it's almost 2 years ago, now. It was september 2008, and i was in Macedonia for a lovely trip. I spent 10 days there, essentially in Skopje, the capital of Macedonia. But few times i went to Veles to meet a friend. And it was while i was driving back to Skopje from Veles, one evening, that i thought "I'm loving it. I should do it again. I should do it better. I should do it longer! I should drive through the whole Balkans!". Since then, this intention (maybe it's better to call it "dream" :P ) never left my mind...

Soon, i started wondering which places i'd have to visit. So, i took a map and began to place pins on every place i'd liked to visit. Soon, i realized the map had so many pins on it, it would have took more than a month to visit them all. But you know, it's not easy to have a month free for a trip (not talking about the money needed for it :P ). This is essentially why it took almost 2 years before actually starting the tour. Only, it will be a bit different from what i was planning in the beginning.

In fact, instead of waiting for the day i'll be able to be around on a tour through the whole Balkans, i finally decided to make it in stages. It's definitely easier to plan (and make) a trip of one week or so. And it's only a detail i'll have to make many trips in the Balkans :)

So, soon i'll make the first trip. Not sure yet when, but it may be even by the end of june! Destinations for this first trip are: Zagreb, Belgrade and Sarajevo.

Honestly? I can't wait ;) If you want to follow me, start subscribing to the feed.