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Listen to the Episode “Belgrade: Rise of the White City” Listen and Subscribe in iTunes Other ways to Listen and Subscribe The former Republic of Yugoslavia, and specifically the city of Belgrade, occupies a dark space in our collective memory. The Civil War that broke out there in the 1990s, and the ethnic cleansing that … Read more
I had rented a car, looked up the route, and had done my research…but when the time came to wake up at 6am (after watching the Game of Thrones premiere at 3am), I couldn’t drag my tired a*** out of bed. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good ancient Roman city as much as the … Read more
Traveling to Gracanica Monastery I visited Gracanica Monastery recently, as part of my six-week backpacking trip through the Balkans. Gracanica is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Medieval Monuments of Kosovo.” This WHS is the only one in the country of Kosovo (although UNESCO lists it as part of Serbia since Kosovo isn’t yet … Read more