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Europe: 5 daytime rail journeys to consider

Marseille St Charles station
Marseille St. Charles train station. Photo: Tran's World Productions

Mar 02 March is the month when many Europeans crawl out from their winter shells and start exploring. And with spring beckoning, we have come up with a handful of easy daytime rail journeys that just clamor to be taken. There is something seductive about climbing onto a comfortable train just after breakfast, knowing that all you » Read more

Posted in Finland, Helsinki, hidden europe, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, Practical Info, Salzburg, Scotland, Serbia, Switzerland, Train, transportation, Trip Planning, Zurich

May Travel Update: Budget airlines adding Baltic and Balkan routes

May Travel Update: Budget airlines adding Baltic and Balkan routes

May 12 This month has seen quite a bit of low cost carrier activity, as airlines from Air Baltic to Ryanair and easyJet added routes eastward to the Baltics and down to the Balkans. Here’s a quick roundup of some of the most interesting additions. Air Baltic Recent weeks have seen Air Baltic aggressively expanding its network, » Read more

Posted in Airlines, Budget Air Travel, Croatia, easyjet, Estonia, Europe, Finland, hidden europe, Latvia, Practical Info, round-up, Ryanair, Serbia, transportation, Trend Update, Trip Planning

2009 Retrospective: Highlights and lowlights of European travel

2009 Retrospective: Highlights and lowlights of European travel

Dec 23 It is almost time for us to put down our quill pens and leave the scriptorium for the last time this year. Three weeks of quiet retreat are in the offing, a chance for us to recharge our batteries and plan a few journeys for 2010. So a good moment, perhaps, to look back and » Read more

Posted in Airlines, Belarus, Berlin, Croatia, Eastern Europe, Europe, hidden europe, Iceland, plane, politics, Russia, Scotland, Serbia, Train, Trip Planning, United Kingdom

JAT Ticket Adventure

JAT Ticket Adventure

Jul 03 We purchased a Belgrade-Ljubljana one-way JAT ticket on Sunday night, for travel in late July. We were, as the Brits say, chuffed. The ticket came to just RSD5,942 (€74; $99). The JAT search engine worked fine, and we were approaching that magic, banal moment that drives all online air travel purchases: the invitation to print » Read more

Posted in Serbia, Slovenia

Serbia: Enter the EXIT Festival

Jun 13 The EXIT Festival has got to be one of the best deals for fun and live music in Europe this summer—just €78.50 for a four-day pass! Set to take place in Novi Sad, the capital of the Serbian province of Vojvodina, the EXIT Festival’s line-up this year features more than 125 artists on six different » Read more

Posted in Festivals, Serbia

Serbia: Decadent Desserts at Hotel Moskva

Serbia: Decadent Desserts at Hotel Moskva

Jun 05 Photo courtesy of  Sunnia Ko Whether you’re looking for a comfortable place to rest your feet after shopping or just looking for the perfect sweet to cap off a hearty meal, in the Balkan capital of Belgrade, those in need of a sugar fix need look no further than Hotel Moskva’s Café (café entrance is » Read more

Posted in Food, Serbia

Weekend Recap Part One: Serbia Takes Eurovision

May 14 Congratulations to Serbia’s Marija Serifovic, who won the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday with “Molitva” (“Prayer”)—a grand candle-lighter of a ballad. Serifovic received a hero’s welcome on her return to Serbia. We’re pleased for Serifovic and we’re pleased for Serbia, a country that can use some old-fashioned good news. Much has been made of » Read more

Posted in Serbia

Take the Yellow Cab

Feb 21   You don’t have to read Serbian to find Belgrade’s Yellow Cab to be a superb site for cultural and entertainment information in the Serbian capital. True, the great majority of the site’s content is in fact in Serbian. Check it out anyway—it’s pretty easy to decipher, and it’s exciting to see what Belgrade’s young people use » Read more

Posted in Media, Serbia