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Will probably fly back in a 737-800, there are two airlines with direct connection using those this summer.

I didn't remember the name of Ohrid, but I knew you have gone to Macedonia many times. So I guess you speak at least a bit of those beautiful-but-born-in-hell slavic languages?

Risto

11 years

Yeah, a bit of Macedonian. Serbian is much sexier though <3 . Unfortunately it is not easily exchangeable. Some words are different and Serbian pronunciation is much more smooth. Macedonian is much more similar to Bulgarian than to Serbian.

LikeASong

11 years

I get you. All of them are equally fascinating to me though

LikeASong

11 years

By the way, seeing pics of Ohrid and other cities and villages has got me CRAVING to visit some of the slavic countries so badly. I have Dubrovnik, Split, of course Sarajevo, Belgrad etc on my to-visit list. Let's see if next year... Maybe...

Risto

11 years

Well they are 'easy' to learn, almost completely phonetic. I can read out loud words i dont understand without sounding crazy

Impossible in English.

Balkan is great to trip around. Distances are small, but takes lots of time. Belgrade - Ohrid is 8 hours at least by bus (the direct line). But other busses take 11 hours easily. Trains are possibility, but slow in South Serbia and Ohrid has no train station in the proximity (1 hour away is a station which is served 1 or twice a day I think)

Ohrid - Dubrovnik is about as far as Ohrid - Belgrade. But no direct connection. Will take you at least a day. All cities you mention have airports though. But it will be expensive.

If you have a car available I would recommend a circle like this:

* Adriatic coast from croatia down to Albania (all major Croatian, Montenegrian are on the road). And the road is stunning!

* Visit Mostar - Sarajevo (not on the road though, but hard to combine any other way)

* Albania to Ohrid, which is not so far.

* Ohrid - Belgrade which can be done in 8 hours as I mentioned. Can have short stop in Skopje (perhaps Nis in south serbia as well).

* Belgrade - Zagreb - Venice or so

Alvin

11 years

Originally posted by LikeASong:By the way, seeing pics of Ohrid and other cities and villages has got me CRAVING to visit some of the slavic countries so badly. I have Dubrovnik, Split, of course Sarajevo, Belgrad etc on my to-visit list. Let's see if next year... Maybe...

Try Prague too

LikeASong

11 years

Believe me if I tell you that I've done a screenshot of your post and saved it deep and safe in my hard disk. Thanks.

LikeASong

11 years

Of course Alvin! Central Europe is on my itinerary too, I visited Austria many years ago and fell in love with it, and I've been told that Prague is one of the most beautiful cities around. Be sure that you'll have me there sometime, hopefully soon (maybe when U2 comes near in the nbext tour)!

Alvin

11 years

Originally posted by LikeASong:Of course Alvin! Central Europe is on my itinerary too, I visited Austria many years ago and fell in love with it, and I've been told that Prague is one of the most beautiful cities around. Be sure that you'll have me there sometime, hopefully soon (maybe when U2 comes near in the nbext tour)!

I hope so. U2 have been here just on Popmart tour and thats all... If they are doing indoor tour, we have the most modern arena in central europe, so there's no reason not to come here :-)
And we are slavians too lol

Risto

11 years

Originally posted by Alvin:[..]

I hope so. U2 have been here just on Popmart tour and thats all... If they are doing indoor tour, we have the most modern arena in central europe, so there's no reason not to come here :-)
And we are slavians too lol

Vorformatiert:

Arena	Capacity	Opened	Location	Country

Moscow Olympic Arena	35,000[citation needed]	1980	Moscow	 Russia

Telenor Arena	26,000[citation needed]	2009	Bærum	 Norway

Baku Crystal Hall	25,000	2012	Baku	 Azerbaijan

St. Petersburg Arena	25,000[1][2]	1979	Saint Petersburg	 Russia

Sinan Erdem Dome	22,500[citation needed]	2010	Istanbul	 Turkey

Manchester Arena	21,000[3]	1995	Manchester	 United Kingdom

Lanxess Arena	20,000[4]	1998	Cologne	 Germany

MEO Arena	20,000[5]	1998	Lisbon	 Portugal

Ethias Arena	20,000[citation needed]	2004	Hasselt	 Belgium

The O2 Arena	20,000[6]	2007	London	 United Kingdom

Kombank Arena	20,000[7]	2004	Belgrade	 Serbia

Earls Court Exhibition Centre	19,000[8]	1939	London	 United Kingdom

Armeets Arena	15,000	2011	Sofia	 Bulgaria

Olympic Indoor Arena	18,700[9]	1995	Athens	 Greece

Bizkaia Arena	18,640	2004	Barakaldo	 Spain

Torino Palasport Olimpico	18,000	2005	Turin	 Italy

Žalgiris Arena	17,500	2011	Kaunas	 Lithuania

O2 Arena	17,360	2004	Prague	 Czech Republic

Well I guess it is the biggest / most modern of Central Europe. But not much more than that

Alvin

11 years

Originally posted by Risto:[..]

Vorformatiert:

Arena	Capacity	Opened	Location	Country

Moscow Olympic Arena	35,000[citation needed]	1980	Moscow	 Russia

Telenor Arena	26,000[citation needed]	2009	Bærum	 Norway

Baku Crystal Hall	25,000	2012	Baku	 Azerbaijan

St. Petersburg Arena	25,000[1][2]	1979	Saint Petersburg	 Russia

Sinan Erdem Dome	22,500[citation needed]	2010	Istanbul	 Turkey

Manchester Arena	21,000[3]	1995	Manchester	 United Kingdom

Lanxess Arena	20,000[4]	1998	Cologne	 Germany

MEO Arena	20,000[5]	1998	Lisbon	 Portugal

Ethias Arena	20,000[citation needed]	2004	Hasselt	 Belgium

The O2 Arena	20,000[6]	2007	London	 United Kingdom

Kombank Arena	20,000[7]	2004	Belgrade	 Serbia

Earls Court Exhibition Centre	19,000[8]	1939	London	 United Kingdom

Armeets Arena	15,000	2011	Sofia	 Bulgaria

Olympic Indoor Arena	18,700[9]	1995	Athens	 Greece

Bizkaia Arena	18,640	2004	Barakaldo	 Spain

Torino Palasport Olimpico	18,000	2005	Turin	 Italy

Žalgiris Arena	17,500	2011	Kaunas	 Lithuania

O2 Arena	17,360	2004	Prague	 Czech Republic

Well I guess it is the biggest / most modern of Central Europe. But not much more than that

didn't say biggest and said in Central Europe... so no argue with the list

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