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After one last coffee with Dragan we set off for Niš at around noon. I would have happily stayed a couple more days but we wanted to fit in visits to a few more places before going to Mojkovac next Friday to see Kristina’s parents. This trip continues to be very people oriented. I’m grateful…

Saturday evening after our return from the fort in Golubac Jim developed a fever, fatigue, a headache and muscle aches and his g.i. tract continued to be unsettled, but luckily when he woke Sunday he felt well enough to drive us 2 hours to our next destination, the small city of Zajačar, Serbia. We are…

We were delighted that using our phone to buy tram tickets worked with no problem. The trams in Belgrade are heavily used and look old but we have no idea how old they actually are. They run frequently. And they cost less than 50 cents for 90 minutes of riding. We got off several stops…

I’m sitting on the balcony of our apartment in Golubac. We are directly across the road from the Danube. Across the river are the low hills of Romania punctuated with a dozen or more tall wind turbines. …I came inside when the guests next door came out to their balcony, separated from ours by a…

We gave our last loving pets to Leo the dog and left BK at around 11. Google estimated our drive to be about 2.5 hours. Most of our route was on narrow roads that meander through vast farmed fields and through small towns and villages. Despite being a narrow secondary road we encountered lots of…

It’s been a week since we were in Zagreb and am finally writing about our brief stay there now. We arrived on time, got our phone card, and picked up our white Ford Fiesta from Alamo with no problems. Once again we paid a small arm and leg in order to get the maximum insurance.…

Banja Koviljaca I’m sitting on the porch. It’s pleasantly cool but temperatures are due to reach 90 again today. I still have a headache this morning, triggered by walking in bright sun in 90 degree heat and carrying my camera around my neck yesterday afternoon. Hopefully it won’t be one of those 3 day headaches…

We DID get to see Cedar (on his way back to the US after 14 weeks in the Balkans) in the Amsterdam airport Tuesday morning for about 20 minutes before he had to board his plane back to Seattle. He looked good and it was a treat to connect in person even if only briefly.…

I’m sitting in row 49 J (by the window) on our Delta plane waiting for take off, maybe in 15 minutes. The flight to Amsterdam is just under  9 hours, then we have 5.5 hours at the airport there, then a 2 hour flight to Zagreb where we are hoping to arrive at 4 pm…

I’m writing this in preparation for sharing access to travel writings and photos about our upcoming trip. This time I’m hoping to share my posts via my blog site rather than sending emails out with PDF attachments. But I’m not positive I will be able to figure it out, hence this test email. I’m going…