When people start planning a multi-day trip in Europe, they usually assume the real process begins when they contact a tour operator. In reality, most of the decision happens before the first email. This is something I recently discussed in an interview for an industry article on multi-day tours — and it closely reflects what […]
Read More...Lepenski Vir – prehistorical cultural center
„Hey! „ „ …man…„ „…what are you doing?„ „…are you up?„ Messenger notifications from my cell phone, on which I had forgotten to turn off the sound, were piercing my ears. It was Lazar, my high school friend, now working on his PhD in history. „ It is Saturday… 8 AM… I am sleeping… what […]
Read More...Belgrade 1999: A Personal Story from the NATO Bombing
This is a personal story from Belgrade during the 1999 bombing. If you’re looking for a clear explanation of what happened and why, read our full guide here. There is a great probability that a lot of Belgradians don’t know what they had for lunch yesterday. But in the whole Serbia you won’t find a […]
Read More...Balkan tour in 1939
My father Augustin Heussen was born on the 20th of February 1921 in Krefeld, Germany. The following lines are summarizing impressions and experiences from his diary written during his 1939 Balkan tour. After school on the 17th of July 1939 he was ordered to do his crop service in Königsberg, now Kalinengrad, in East Prussia […]
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