TravBuddy.com: travelman727's Europe Magical Mystery Tour - September 2007 travel blog Copyright 2005 TravBuddy LLC http://www.travbuddy.com/blogs/13353 I lost my mind & couldn't be happier! Plan was 6 days-17 countries; ended up 15 countries. Auto trek began in Pula, Croatia Sat. Sept 22, just after Ireland TravBuddy Get-Together. 1st day: Croatia, Italy, Slovenia (overnight in Ljubljana) 2nd: Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland (overnight in Krakow) 3rd: Ukraine, Romania (overnight in Transylvania) 4th: Bulgaria, Macedonia (overnight in Skopje) 5th: Serbia, Albania, Montenegro, Croatia (overnight in Split) 6th: Back to Pula en-us Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:00:02 PST Return to Pula, Fly to Amsterdam http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/13353/Return-to-Pula-Fly-to-Amsterdam-Pula-36 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:00:02 PST Return to Pula, Fly to Amsterdam Pula, Croatia, Sep 27, 2007

]]> Savor Shkoder - No More Mountain Driving http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/13353/Savor-Shkoder-No-More-Mountain-Driving-Shkoder-30 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:02 PST Savor Shkoder - No More Mountain Driving Shkoder, Albania, Sep 26, 2007

  SHKODER CITY SONGS   The people of Shkoder have developed a special kind of music over the centuries that is quite different from an...

]]> Move into Montenegro - Country #15 http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/13353/Move-into-Montenegro-Country-15-Cetinje-31 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:03 PST Move into Montenegro - Country #15 Cetinje, Montenegro, Sep 26, 2007

]]> Behold Budva http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/13353/Behold-Budva-Budva-32 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:04 PST Behold Budva Budva, Montenegro, Sep 26, 2007

]]> Crawl back into Croatia http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/13353/Crawl-back-into-Croatia-Dubrovnik-34 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:06 PST Crawl back into Croatia Dubrovnik, Croatia, Sep 26, 2007

  LOVE NEXT DOOR… VIA DUBROVNIK   Here’s a ditty based on a true story that demonstrates sometimes you have to travel to places li...

]]> Take Ferry at Tivat http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/13353/Take-Ferry-at-Tivat-Tivat-33 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:05 PST Take Ferry at Tivat Tivat, Montenegro, Sep 26, 2007

]]> Admire Albania - Country #14 http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/13353/Admire-Albania-Country-14-Kukes-29 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:01 PST Admire Albania - Country #14 Kukes, Albania, Sep 26, 2007

]]> Settle into Split http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/13353/Settle-into-Split-Split-35 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:07 PST Settle into Split Split, Croatia, Sep 26, 2007

]]> Slip into Serbia - Country #13 http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/13353/Slip-into-Serbia-Country-13-Prizren-28 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:00 PST Slip into Serbia - Country #13 Prizren, Serbia, Sep 26, 2007

]]> Voyage thru Vrasta http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/13353/Voyage-thru-Vrasta-Vratsa-25 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:00:06 PST Voyage thru Vrasta Vratsa, Bulgaria, Sep 25, 2007

  VRATSA INMATE BREAKS OUT POETRY   In May 2007, a prison inmate in the Bulgarian town of Vratsa won the big prize in the “Emiliya ...

]]> Blaze through Bulgaria - Country #11 http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/13353/Blaze-through-Bulgaria-Country-11-Oryahovo-23 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:00:04 PST Blaze through Bulgaria - Country #11 Oryahovo, Bulgaria, Sep 25, 2007

]]> Bloody Good in Bran http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/13353/Bloody-Good-in-Bran-Bran-20 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:00:01 PST Bloody Good in Bran Bran, Romania, Sep 25, 2007

  TRANSYLVANIA TIDBITS   In searching on the internet for a poem about the Transylvania blood-sucker, I stumbled across the following ...

]]> Ferry 'cross the Danube http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/13353/Ferry-cross-the-Danube-Bechet-22 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:00:03 PST Ferry 'cross the Danube Bechet, Romania, Sep 25, 2007

]]> Make Magic in Macedonia - Country #12 http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/13353/Make-Magic-in-Macedonia-Country-12-Skopje-27 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:00:08 PST Make Magic in Macedonia - Country #12 Skopje, Macedonia, Sep 25, 2007

  MACEDONIA POET – IRMA DUMA   I discovered a wonderful poet from Macedonia named Irma Duma. Below are a couple of her poems in Engl...

]]> Marvel at Mramoren http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/13353/Marvel-at-Mramoren-Mramoren-24 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:00:05 PST Marvel at Mramoren Mramoren, Bulgaria, Sep 25, 2007

]]> Sail through Slatina http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/13353/Sail-through-Slatina-Slatina-21 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:00:02 PST Sail through Slatina Slatina, Romania, Sep 25, 2007

]]> Sightsee in Sofia http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/13353/Sightsee-in-Sofia-Sofia-26 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:00:07 PST Sightsee in Sofia Sofia, Bulgaria, Sep 25, 2007

]]> Tata to Transylvania http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/13353/Tata-to-Transylvania-Brasov-19 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:00:00 PST Tata to Transylvania Brasov, Romania, Sep 25, 2007

]]> Take on Transylvania, Romania - Country #10 http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/13353/Take-on-Transylvania-Romania-Country-10-Brasov-18 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:00:03 PST Take on Transylvania, Romania - Country #10 Brasov, Romania, Sep 24, 2007

]]> Unleash in Ukraine - Country #9 http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/13353/Unleash-in-Ukraine-Country-9-Lviv-Lvov-16 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:00:01 PST Unleash in Ukraine - Country #9 Lviv (Lvov), Ukraine, Sep 24, 2007

  LVIV – ADAM ZAGAJEWSKi   Adam Zagajewski is a well-known contemporary poet who was born in Lvov, Poland, now Lviv, Ukraine.  ...

]]> Get krackin' from Krakow http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/13353/Get-krackin-from-Krakow-Krakow-15 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:00:00 PST Get krackin' from Krakow Krakow, Poland, Sep 24, 2007

]]> Investigate Ivano-Frankivs'k http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/13353/Investigate-Ivano-Frankivsk-Ivano-Frankivsk-17 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:00:02 PST Investigate Ivano-Frankivs'k Ivano-Frankivs'k, Ukraine, Sep 24, 2007

]]> Kick up in Krakow http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/13353/Kick-up-in-Krakow-Krakow-14 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:00:09 PST Kick up in Krakow Krakow, Poland, Sep 23, 2007

  KRAKOW   Rachel Garfinkel wrote a couple of lengthy poems about Krakow in Polish. Below is an English translation of one of the endi...

]]> Sightsee in Slovakia - Country #6 http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/13353/Sightsee-in-Slovakia-Country-6-Bratislava-11 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:00:06 PST Sightsee in Slovakia - Country #6 Bratislava, Slovakia, Sep 23, 2007

]]> Visit Voluptuous Vienna http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/13353/Visit-Voluptuous-Vienna-Vienna-8 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:00:03 PST Visit Voluptuous Vienna Vienna, Austria, Sep 23, 2007

  VIENNA – CITY OF MY DREAMS   Even in the short time I spent in wonderful Wien, I experienced the charm of the city on the Danube...

]]> Propel into Poland - Country #8 http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/13353/Propel-into-Poland-Country-8-Auschwitz-13 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:00:08 PST Propel into Poland - Country #8 Auschwitz, Poland, Sep 23, 2007

  WELCOME TO AUSCHWITZ Poem by Mike Subritzky (1998)"Welcome to Auschwitz." The survivor said. A paradox really, he's a Christian and his na...

]]> Fly to Fertod http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/13353/Fly-to-Fertod-Fertod-10 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:00:05 PST Fly to Fertod Fertod, Hungary, Sep 23, 2007

]]> Cross into Czech Republic - Country #7 http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/13353/Cross-into-Czech-Republic-Country-7-Cesky-Tesin-12 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:00:07 PST Cross into Czech Republic - Country #7 Cesky Tesin, Czech Republic, Sep 23, 2007

]]> Gaze at Grafenschachen http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/13353/Gaze-at-Grafenschachen-Grafenschachen-6 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:00:01 PST Gaze at Grafenschachen Grafenschachen, Austria, Sep 23, 2007

]]> Appreciate Amazing Austria - Country #4 http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/13353/Appreciate-Amazing-Austria-Country-4-Graz-5 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:00:00 PST Appreciate Amazing Austria - Country #4 Graz, Austria, Sep 23, 2007

]]> Hop to Hungary - Country #5 http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/13353/Hop-to-Hungary-Country-5-Sopron-9 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:00:04 PST Hop to Hungary - Country #5 Sopron, Hungary, Sep 23, 2007

  HUNGARIAN POET/HERO   Petőfi Sándor, one of the most popular Hungarian poets, wrote aesthetic expressions of genuinely felt human ...

]]> Pop in on Pinkafeld http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/13353/Pop-in-on-Pinkafeld-Pinkafeld-7 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:00:02 PST Pop in on Pinkafeld Pinkafeld, Austria, Sep 23, 2007

]]> Inch into Italy - Country #2 http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/13353/Inch-into-Italy-Country-2-Trieste-3 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 00:00:02 PST Inch into Italy - Country #2 Trieste, Italy, Sep 22, 2007

  TRIESTE & JAMES JOYCE   Trieste, once the principal port of the Habsburg Empire, is now capital of the Italian Friuli Venezia Gi...

]]> Review Rovinj - the Blue Pearl of the Adriatic http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/13353/Review-Rovinj-the-Blue-Pearl-of-the-Adriatic-Rovinj-2 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 00:00:01 PST Review Rovinj - the Blue Pearl of the Adriatic Rovinj, Croatia, Sep 22, 2007

  ROVINJ   Euphemia was a Roman Catholic Saint born to Christian parents in Chalcedon. During the era of Diocletian, she was persecute...

]]> Slide into Slovenia - Country #3 http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/13353/Slide-into-Slovenia-Country-3-Ljubljana-4 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 00:00:03 PST Slide into Slovenia - Country #3 Ljubljana, Slovenia, Sep 22, 2007

]]> Pioneer from Pula, Croatia - Country #1 http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/13353/Pioneer-from-Pula-Croatia-Country-1-Pula-1 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 00:00:00 PST Pioneer from Pula, Croatia - Country #1 Pula, Croatia, Sep 22, 2007

  A CRAZY MIND CREATES CRAZY TIMES   I attended our Ireland TravBuddy Get-Together in Bunratty. Originally, I planned on spending si...

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