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Arrival

I woke up from the soft bump when the air craft hit the ground, and outside the window different kinds of pink painted the sky behind the mountains surrounding Sofia.
Stefan met us at the airport andもっと詳しく
City tour

Acting all touristy we learned a lot about this city listening to the best guide ever! The most beautifull story was about how the government saved the life of every jew during World War II fromもっと詳しく
The very last of Sofia part I

First of all: This is so what inspired Hergé! All the details in the Museum of Sofia History was taken directly from one particular Tintin movie. Or perhabs it was the other way around, sameもっと詳しく
The very last of Sofia part II

Just for more pictures of the day ;)
Cherni Vrah

The theme of this day is without any doubt sunburn! One worse than the other. But led by Stefan we hiked Bulgarias fourth highest mountain, climped the small piles of rocks on the way, and had aもっと詳しく
The LONGEST train ride ever!

If we only knew ... This morning seems so far away, and yet we "only" spend 12 hours in a train. But not just any 12 hours!
It started out pretty good, we figured out the tram system in Sofia andもっと詳しく
Leaving Belgrade

The city of contrasts. Abandoned buildings and brand new ones side by side. The capitals main train station was a combi: quite impressive building, but looked abandoned on the inside. Trams thatもっと詳しく
Experiencing the end of Yugoslavia

The Tunnel museum was quite an experience! Tram out of the city, a taxi even further away, and a lot of crazy scary history combined with the feeling of walking inside the tunnel leading to the Freeもっと詳しく
Sarajevo by foot

Beautifull stories about a community with mixed cultures and religions living not just side by side but as close friends. After the assasination of Franz Ferdinand different oppinions about theもっと詳しく
Childhood War Museum

Long and yet a great day covering the entire emotion scale. We started out at the childhood war museum reading about, well, childhood in Bosnia in the 90's. Beautifull and scary stories about makingもっと詳しく
Mostar

Crazy men jump 22 meters from an old bridge into the river for money. That's pretty much what happens here. We didn't go to the waterfalls because it's a tourist trap and super expensive. I would haveもっと詳しく
Twenty four hour journy

Changing the scenes! Bus across the EU border, beach and drinks in Split in Croatia, a cold night train through the country, beautifull sunrise on an early morning, more trains across another borderもっと詳しく
Back to nature

This is the clear definition of idyllic! Turquoise-blue water, naged clifs touching the rivers, hardwood forrests, waterfalls, green tree-covered mountains in the horisont with naged peaks reachingもっと詳しく
Ljubljana in the heat

Ljubljanas streets are all empty on a hot day like this. But who's to blame? We also took our time in the shadows. In the evening the city seemed to wake up. To the sound of a Schwitz brassband on theもっと詳しく
Postojna Jama

By a sudden impulsive idea we went towards the cave. After a bit of luck and running back and forth between hostels and lunch and laundry we made it for the train. The best arabic chicken wrap forもっと詳しく
Getting lost in Venice

Hostels were fully booked, so we had to leave Ljubljana. And where else to go than Venice? This is a labyrinth if gorgeous old buildings along narrow canals or cobblestone streets and stairwaysもっと詳しく
Finding our way through Venice

Watch out for lost tourists walking while looking at a map and suddently out of no where stopping and making a turn. And make sure not to be one of those annoying tourists! I can proudly tell that weもっと詳しく
Short break in Vienna

Apparently cafes in Vienna dosen't open until 10 am. But we did manage to find a great and definitely needed breakfast after a cold night on the train. The rest of the day we saw different parts ofもっと詳しく
Last stage

Wonder why anyone ever leave Vienna! This was just the break we needed from all the somehow distant culture, we met so far. Despite their traffic which I still don't completely understand. Butもっと詳しく
Budapest

If one survives the traffick and find a proper way through this language, Budapest is still a beautifull city! We can't find much history though, but Pest looks a bit like small London and Buda isもっと詳しく
Széchenyi Bath

What to do on a windy day with impressive cloud formations covering the sky; setting the light of the city? No need to ask that question twice! After forcing ques for the ticket and poor changingもっと詳しく
Last day

Communism. That's the history we've been looking for. All the neo-ugly buildings exist for a reason. Although the revolution made a difference after Stalin died, and allthough the communist party gaveもっと詳しく
Going home

Well, we did sleep a little after all, and one sure is allowed to be tired after 28 hours of changing train way too many places throughout Germany. No sleeping cabin, no available seats on the fastもっと詳しく