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Aliquid posted:Hungary won't be a good option for your friend, food-wise. Traveling by train in Eastern Europe usually gets you up to about 30mph, so your geographic area over two weeks is impossible. I did Budapest -> Belgrade -> Sofia -> Istanbul -> Budapest over that same time frame and it wasn't fun. Istanbul -> Budapest by train took 45 hours, for example. 3-4 days per city is not ADD at all. I did Berlin to Istanbul and everything in between in 2-3 weeks. I don't know what trains you were taking but it was completely possible. I went from Budapest to Belgrade overnight on the train. I went to Istanbul from Sofia and it was a pretty easy train ride, pretty sure it was just overnight as well... The Sofia>Istanbul train was nice because we had actual beds but had to stop at the border for border control. Budapest>Belgrade did not have sleeping cars and we just slept on top of each other in the cabin. As for food, it's mostly meat dishes in Serbia but there is a strong Italian influence in some parts of Serbia so you can always find an Italian place if you do not feel like eating only meat. quote:
This. If anyone asks you are Canadian or better Swiss. I speak German so I usually just stuck to that during the trip during Yugoslavia. If you are in Belgrade, I would recommend Cafe Insomnia if it is still open, pretty fun bar. I am going to disagree with the rest and say spend some time in Budapest, even if it is only a couple of days. I was really impressed by that city. Serbia wasn't as fun for me but the language barrier was much harder there because I don't speak any Cyrillic languages. If you speak German then you can always revert to that in Hungary because the language is still sort of big there. If you have accomendations set up in Belgrade, I would HIGHLY recommend getting directions in Serbian. I had mine in English which was useless, I knew I had to go to 'ABC Circle' but the problem was everything was in Serb and it is impossible to tell what is what, so make sure you have the names in both English and Serb. I ended up asking directions from a 10 year old girl because she was the only person I could find that spoke something other than Serb. I am probably not going to read this thread again but if you have any follow up questions feel free to PM me. I have a good friend that is Serbian and she goes back to Belgrade quite often (She lives in Oslo now) so I can ask her any exact questions you have. I also travel around a lot so I can point you in the right direction with anything else. Bon Voyage e: I see you don't have an account that can PM so if you get in a bind follow my post history and post in the dota 2 thread with something at me and I will see it because that is probably the only thread I post in daily. Enigma89 fucked around with this message at 17:04 on Apr 30, 2015 |
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In all seriousness, the recent yugoslav wars are still fresh in memory so while it is very interesting to learn about it first hand, it's better to not try to engage in a debate. Also, lots of racism towards gypsies and the neighbouring countries, and homosexuality is quite a taboo. Otherwise, as long as you behave like a decent human being you should be fine.
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