Healing Water and Monuments

Healing Water and Monuments

Healing Water and Monuments ​After leaving the Skumsale Thracian Megalith Site, our priority was water, which we swiftly found, as it has been readily available in the three Balkan countries we have visited.  While filling up at a village tap, two passersby stopped...
Water, Warriors, and Copper Mining

Water, Warriors, and Copper Mining

Water, Warriors, and Copper Mining After a quick and trouble-free border crossing, it was another New Country Day and time to breathe a massive sigh of relief. Crossing the border from Serbia to Bulgaria was a return to the safety zone of the EU Pet Passport scheme....
Mountain Hopping in Serbia

Mountain Hopping in Serbia

Mountain Hopping in Serbia ​Crossing into Serbia was ‘New Country Day’, always exciting, filled with the inevitable butterflies of anticipation when crossing new frontiers for the first time.  Quick and easy border checks, entering Serbia meant we were through in...
A Trip to Sarajevo

A Trip to Sarajevo

Photo by Peter Schulz Life on the Road, Always a School Day: A Trip to Sarajevo and East Bosnia & Herzegovina ​As we left the historic town of Mostar, the eerie depths of Mostar Aircraft Hangar beckoned. Once a top-secret facility used to house fighter jets during the...