From Western Balkan to the Baltics and Back to Balkan (New E.U. Countries and Non E.U. Countries)- Journey to Eastern Europe (Can I Finally "Finish Off" Europe in This Trip?)

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There are two parts of this journey. Due to an unpleasant interview in mid-June, I cut my trip into two. In July, I returned to my "real home" to be with my family and friends and from there, I made it back to Europe to continue my original plan. The first part was with Intrepid and partly independent; the second part was completely solo and independent. Though originally I hoped to "finish off" continental European countries but there were still a few left at the end. All countries visited in this journey are in Eastern Europe, which means they were still locked in iron curtain merely 17 years ago. How things have changed

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  The Original Travel Plan   New York, NY on Apr 16, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Change of Travel Plan   New York City, NY on May 10, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Trip Plan Changed Again...Delayed for 3 days!   New York City, NY on May 18, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  First Stop: Budapest!   Budapest, Hungary on May 20, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Budapest vesus Prague: Who wins?   Budapest, Hungary on May 21, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Daytrip to Eger   Eger, Hungary on May 22, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Meeting my new friends from Intrepid Tour group   Budapest, Hungary on May 23, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Novi Sad: First Taste of Serbia   Novi Sad, Serbia on May 24, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Belgrade: Bad Boy of the Balkans   Belgrade, Serbia on May 26, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Time after Time   Washington DC, DistrictofColumbia on Jun 17, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The Second Balkan Trip Starts   Taipei, Taiwan on Jul 7, 2006 0 pictures 1 comment
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  It's A Different City   Athens, Greece on Jul 8, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  To Alba or Not to...   Agio Gordis, Corfu Island, Greece on Jul 10, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  A Less Mysterious Country   Saranda, Albania on Jul 13, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  (I don't want to) Party All the Time   Agio Gordis, Corfu Island, Greece on Jul 13, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Trapped in Athens   Athens, Greece on Jul 15, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  You Are Still the One   Berlin, Germany on Jul 16, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Arrived in the Baltics   Vilnius, Lithuania on Jul 18, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Fun and frustration of independent travel   European Park (Center of Europe), Lithuania on Jul 18, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The little country that can ...sort of   Tallinn, Estonia on Jul 20, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The New Prague   Riga, Latvia on Jul 22, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Heat exhaustion in Warsaw   Warsaw, Poland on Jul 27, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Back to the (City of) Glory   Krakow, Poland on Jul 30, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  A really long wait   Polish-Ukrainian Border, Ukraine on Aug 1, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  So frustrated...stuck in Ukraine?   Lviv, Ukraine on Aug 1, 2006 0 pictures 4 comments
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  Their Time Will Come   Lviv, Ukraine on Aug 2, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  An Even Longer Wait   Ukaine-Poland Border, Poland on Aug 3, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Back to Krakow!   Krakow, Poland on Aug 3, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Train D381: The Wost Train Ride of Lifetime   Somewhere in the Eastern Plain, Hungary on Aug 4, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Into the Wild Transylvanian Night   Sighisoara, Romania on Aug 5, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Where Dracula was Born   Sighisoara (aka Schassburg), Romania on Aug 6, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  A Piece of Dislocated Deutschland   Sibiu (aka Hermannstadt), Romania on Aug 8, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Krakow of Transylvania?   Brasov (aka Krostadt), Romania on Aug 10, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The Most Avoided Capital in Europe   Bucharest, Romania on Aug 11, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The No Longer Bitter End of the Danube   Danube Crossing to Bulgaria, Romania on Aug 11, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  A Welcomed Change of Mindset   Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria on Aug 12, 2006 4 pictures 0 comments
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  The Byzantine Glory   Sofia, Bulgaria on Aug 13, 2006 6 pictures 1 comment
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  End of the Second Balkan Trip   Athens, Greece on Aug 14, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  One Night in Bangkok Makes...   Bangkok, Thailand on Aug 15, 2006 1 picture 0 comments
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  What's Left of Me   Taipei, Taiwan on Aug 16, 2006 0 pictures 2 comments
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  The Unfinished Europe   Taipei, Taiwan on Aug 22, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  New Top 10 places I want to travel to but haven't.   Taipei, Taiwan on Sep 18, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments