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19 October 2022
Exploring Pristina The hotel gave a nice breakfast with Turkish music videos playing softly in the background. I left around 0900 to explore the main sights of the city and a free walking tour. First up was the old town nearby. Most of it wasn’t old old but it certainly had an old feel with […]
18 October 2022
Above: Kosova meatballs for dinner Novi Sad to Belgrade Roadworks on the main street where I was supposed to have caught the bus was a blessing in disguise. Buses have been rerouted to the next street, along with the normal bus route there, which meant that I didn’t have to wait to wait before hopping […]
17 October 2022
Disappointing outing to Sremski Karlovci The bus to Sremski Karlovci, a 20-min ride away, leaves right outside my hostel. But when I got to the street, I realised the road was closed for resurfacing for about 2 weeks. I decided to go explore the old town instead but during the walk, changed my mind to […]
16 October 2022
Continuing to Novi Sad At midday, I checked out and took a taxi to the bus station, rather than repeat the walk with luggage in tow. It was a cheap ride for the short distance. At the station, I had hoped to get a sandwich for lunch but there was nothing. Someone pointed out that […]
16 October 2022
Above: Roman Catholic Cathedral of St Theresa of Avila with huge cracks in the facade. Apart from the facade area, it’s still in use. At breakfast, I saw the staff smoking behind the bar when there was a no smoking sign. I later realised that smoking is still common in Serbia. I headed out around […]
15 October 2022
Above: Subotica synagogue in the daylight next morning. Bus ride to the border My time at Nepliget station went surprisingly quickly as I explored the optimum way of spending my last little bit of Hungarian forints, then boarded the full-sized bus about 20 mins before departure. I was surprised to find it perhaps one-quarter full. […]
15 October 2022
The basilica I started the day with a visit to St Stephen’s (Istvan) Basilica at 1000 with E whom I met yesterday. We visited the co-cathedral at ground level first. It was quite a weird layout in that it’s not very deep from the entrance to the altar but quite wide. Text continues after this […]
14 October 2022
Taking on board the recommendation from yesterday’s walking tour that Tram 2 is one of the most beautiful tram lines in the world, I headed out around 0900 to enjoy the sights from it. I headed south first to the final station, where the city was quite modern and the roads wide and nearly like […]
13 October 2022
Leaving Baku Despite a full dinner, I was hungry and tired after midnight. I had a cheeseburger and expensive coffee from McDonald’s. Fortunately, time passed quickly and soon the check-in counters opened at 0135 for my 0435 flight to Budapest. Baku airport had turned busy since I arrived, with many flights leaving in the 0300-0400 […]
12 October 2022
Lazy start My priority for the day was to get my laundry done before flying out at 0435 tomorrow morning. My hotel offers laundry through its posher sister-hotel next door and quoted AZN3 per shirt. No way! I looked online for laundromats and it would have cost AZN20 total to wash and dry. Fortunately, I […]