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Seconding the bus recommandation, unless you have a hard-on for old cheap soviet railways that are chronically late like I do  BiH and Serbia are really cool and the History of the area is really interesting, between the recent wars, the Yougoslav nostalgia and the Ottoman heritage there's a lot to discover. And you can do lots of weird stuff in the Balkans if you want to - hike the abandoned 84 winter olympics site in Sarajevo, search for surreal Spomenik monuments, etc. Also, you've got a lot of castles in Bosnia and you can sometimes have them all to yourself as visitors are still fairly rare. Foodwise, apart from the dalmatian coast there will be lots of meat, but you can usually find some vegetarian dishes. Plus, vegetables and fruits are usually fresh and tasty. Personal opinion: the best breakfast is most certainly cheese and spinach filled Burek, and the best snack is grilled Cevapi. As for no-gos: don't mention the war! 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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Enigma89 posted: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. Seconding that Budapest recommendation, haven't been there yet but I only heard positive things, and it's easier to navigate than Belgrade; the cyrillian alphabet can be daunting if you didn't learn to read it, and although I had no trouble finding english speaking people I may have just been lucky.
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MothraAttack posted:Dubrovnik was pretty terrible just a few weeks ago tbh. It's a beautiful city but suffers from huge crowds, steeper prices and repetitious poo poo (the same carbon copied mediocre restaurants and trinket shops, mostly). Our best day was renting a car and driving the Bay of Kotor and peninsula near Tivat in Montenegro, which was just as beautiful in its own way but a lot less touristy. I imagine the other stretches of Croatia are pretty similar, minus perhaps Split, which I hear is getting pretty packed. Yeah I have had nothing but friendly encounters there myself, although I noticed that people may get a bit touchy if you ask them about neighbouring countries. Like, if we asked how to go to X or Y country or if they know some interesting places, the answer was often "Why do you want to go there? It's a shithole, there's nothing nice there. Stay here, it's much better!" Allthough, they maybe just preferred that we spend our Dinars there instead of anywhere else Otherwise, I can second your post - Croatian coast is really nice if you stay outside of the tourist hellholes that are Split and Dubrovnik, even if it is getting more and more popular every year. Montenegro is also really cool, and the hinterland is worth it too, having nice mountains and forests for hiking and all.
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