We love street art, in fact, I (Nic) used to do a lot myself back in my uni days and as an artist I just can’t get enough of it! (check out my art blog here if you fancy www.nichilditch-short.co.uk) I love all types of art of course, but what stands out about street art to
Serbia
Portraits of Eastern Europe: Travelling around this fascinating region and taking in local life.
Whilst backpacking around Eastern Europe we well and truly fell in love with the region. We already had quite a high opinion of this often misunderstood area but travelling long term allowed us to get so much more under the surface of it and interact on a much more intense level. Of course, we were
Reflections on visiting Serbia: Somewhere that left us with mixed emotions, an honest account on not falling in love with Belgrade!
The thought of going to Serbia both scared and excited me. On the 5 hour shuttle bus arranged by the hostel to take us from Sarajevo to Belgrade and driven by a Serbian Maniac who didn’t speak a word of English we were a little wary. We had heard a lot about Serbia as we
The remnants of Yugoslavia in Belgrade: Exploring communist Serbia and Tito’s grave
As the last strong hold of Yugoslavia and the de-facto holder of the title, Serbia is a country which more than many others retains several communist relics. For us this is an era that we are fascinated with and we often go out of our way to find these hidden or forgotten about remnants of
A guide to Belgrade: The white city of Serbia
Belgrade is a funny old city. It was sold to us as a grey post communist city with nothing to see and nothing to do other than get drunk! We didn’t either carry much love for Serbia either after visiting Bosnia before and hearing such woeful tales of crimes committed during the war. But we
A round up of our first month backpacking! The highs, lows and unforgettable moments!
It is a little over a month since we started off on what was a dream for a long time, I feel that I need to write something to keep mostly our family and freinds updated (but hopefully our followers and readers too) of our goings on. One of the things I realised early on
