tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344944400428298790Fri, 01 Nov 2024 10:36:05 +0000TravelBalkansMedia Education CentreYouth in Action TrainingBelgradeRandom RamblingsTV and MoviesMusicMy obsession with making listsWelcome to my lifeAnimationGreenhttp://lana-in-serbia.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Lana)Blogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344944400428298790.post-209768250772145274Thu, 07 Oct 2010 08:53:00 +00002011-09-15T20:55:15.878+02:00Attention all 5 readers of this blog!I will no longer be updating this blog, since I found a way cooler blog template on Tumblr. So from now on check and bookmark the following link if you want to continue following my Balkan life :)Lana in Serbia continues here.http://lana-in-serbia.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lana)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344944400428298790.post-39866349593317386Tue, 05 Oct 2010 10:51:00 +00002010-10-05T14:48:49.374+02:00BalkansTravelSaturday 2 October. Skopje – Beograd. 6 hours. 4 cars. 1 truck.Just as I think life can’t get much better. Things take a turn for the worse. Let’s just say that last night didn’t exactly turn out the way I thought it would be. So this morning I’m on the road by 9 am. Hmm…what to do, the ride back to Beograd isn’t until 4 pm. Do I want to wait all those hours for a sure thing. Or do I want to takehttp://lana-in-serbia.blogspot.com/2010/10/makedonija-part-10.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lana)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344944400428298790.post-7745043089517133923Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:15:00 +00002010-10-05T14:49:26.102+02:00BalkansTravelFriday 1 October. Struga - Skopje. 5 hours. 3 cars. I say goodbye to A. and walk to my HH spot. There, an old man walks up to me. Asks me where I'm going. I say Skop...Before he let's me finish, he asks for sex. Come on. Give me a break. But this freak doesn't want to leave me alone. The thing is I don't want to leave this spot, since it's a great HH spot. But this guy is blocking the path. He http://lana-in-serbia.blogspot.com/2010/10/makedonija-part-9.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lana)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344944400428298790.post-5997190380695286365Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:03:00 +00002010-10-05T14:49:48.040+02:00BalkansTravelStrugaThe next day is my last morning in Lagadin. I spent 4 wonderful days there, but as much as I want to stay in this lovely house with all these like minded people, I know it's time to move on. So I hitch a ride with a couple back to Struga. Yes, Sruga again. Because I want to see A. and J. again (fellow EVS volunteers). Speaking of the latter, I just happen to bump into him while I was http://lana-in-serbia.blogspot.com/2010/10/makedonija-part-8.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lana)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344944400428298790.post-2526784170398173209Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:46:00 +00002010-10-05T14:37:07.348+02:00TravelLagadin Part DeuxOn Day 3 four girls arrive. By car. From Rainbow gathering. 2 Germans, 1 American and 1 Lebanese. These girls tell me about Rainbow. Totally fascinating. Makes we wanna check out the next Rainbow meeting. We share travel stories. These girls are experienced hitchers and it was great swapping tales and experiences. The American and Lebanese have been hitching for years. Neither ofhttp://lana-in-serbia.blogspot.com/2010/10/makedonija-part-7.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lana)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344944400428298790.post-4211037076771584664Mon, 04 Oct 2010 14:55:00 +00002010-10-05T14:36:14.160+02:00TravelMonday 27 September. Struga - Ohrid. 0.5 hour. 1 car.But the hangover wasn't so good. I walk to the end of the main road. Get a ride with a mini van. Thank God this dude doesn't talk. I wasn't in the mood for chit chat. At all. LagadinSo, I get to Lagadin (which is 7 km outside of Ohrid) and meet my next host. T. a lovely young woman with a big house with amazing views of the lake. T. is the kindhttp://lana-in-serbia.blogspot.com/2010/10/makedonija-part-6.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lana)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344944400428298790.post-4245336147697307126Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13:51:00 +00002010-10-05T14:34:51.141+02:00TravelBitola Day 2At 13.00 I'm supposed to meet R. another EVS volunteer, at the Clock Tower in Bitola. At the fountain I walk past a group of youngsters who appear to be preparing for some kind of performance. I'm intrigued, but walk on to meet R. When I do, he tells me he is supposed to meet some other volunteers at the fountain. So we go back and check out this thing. Turns out to be a youth http://lana-in-serbia.blogspot.com/2010/10/makedonija-part-5.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lana)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344944400428298790.post-936421879517233609Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13:35:00 +00002010-10-05T14:32:55.255+02:00TravelBitolaIn Bitola I get invited to a handball game between Bitola and Skopje. It was the first time I went to a handball game. Or any game for that matter. Everyone was cheering for the home team of course. Except for me. I was (silently) rooting for Skopje. Why? Because I prefer red shirts over green/white ones. And they were slightly better looking. OK. They were A LOT better looking. Call me http://lana-in-serbia.blogspot.com/2010/10/makedonija-part-4.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lana)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344944400428298790.post-8505750759091069489Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13:19:00 +00002010-10-05T14:50:55.174+02:00BalkansTravelSaturday 25 September. Skopje - Bitola. 4 hours. 2 cars. 1 van. 2 trucks.First ride drops me off at a gas station in Skopje from where I catch my second ride, which gets me to the pay toll close to Veles. There I hop on a truck with a young dude. He is snacking away on Smokies as I get in. Throws me a pack as well. Asks for sex. I say no. He shuts up. That was easy. If only all pervs would accepthttp://lana-in-serbia.blogspot.com/2010/10/makedonija-part-3.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lana)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344944400428298790.post-4305215386478299057Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:55:00 +00002010-10-18T20:12:41.152+02:00TravelSkopjeIn Skopje I stay with S. on my first night. A Turk from Istanbul. Says he thought I was Kazakh (?). He can't believe I am traveling on my own. A girl. Hitchhiking. He says he doesn't have the guts to do it. Let alone a girl. On her own. Also says, he can't believe I'm couchsurfing. On my own. Asks if I am not scared? I'm like, scared of what? He's like, I could kill you right now, and http://lana-in-serbia.blogspot.com/2010/10/makedonija-part-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lana)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344944400428298790.post-5944006561179847947Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:08:00 +00002010-10-05T14:29:12.473+02:00TravelThursday 23 September. Beograd - Skopje. 9 hours. 4 cars. 1 truck.I take bus 29 from Slavija. I get off just after the bridge, take the stairs down to the highway and start hitching. A car stops within 10 minutes. Says he can drop me off at the pay toll. A man in his 30s. Speaks German and French, because he lived in Germany and Austria for a few years. Invites me for a drink with his friend. http://lana-in-serbia.blogspot.com/2010/10/makedonija-part-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lana)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344944400428298790.post-2067903287467099769Mon, 20 Sep 2010 00:45:00 +00002010-10-05T14:55:04.013+02:00BalkansTravelSaturday 18 September. Ulcinj-Beograd. 14 hours. 4 cars. 2 buses. But of course I still had to make my way back to Beograd. So, I got up early, started hitching. Got a ride with two security guards who were totally cool and dropped me off in Bar. Car number two brings me a few kms further. 3rd car brings me some kms further from that point. And 4th car brings me to Podgorica. From where I catch http://lana-in-serbia.blogspot.com/2010/09/hrvatska-and-crna-gora-part-6.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lana)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344944400428298790.post-464151914052627503Mon, 20 Sep 2010 00:22:00 +00002010-10-05T13:59:25.729+02:00TravelThursday 16 September. Herceg Novi-Ulcinj. 3,5 hours. 5 cars. 1 ferry. 1 bus.I survive the night. Though slept with one eye open. Get up early and start hitching. First car is a fireman. He drops me off at the ferry. I ask how much the ticket is. The lady behind the counter says it’s free if I’m in a car/bus. I’m like, I’m hitching. She’s like, just jump on then. I’m like, cool! I walk up the http://lana-in-serbia.blogspot.com/2010/09/hrvatska-and-crna-gora-part-5.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lana)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344944400428298790.post-3923839943819920535Sun, 19 Sep 2010 23:42:00 +00002010-10-05T13:58:04.320+02:00TravelWednesday 15 September. Split-Herceg Novi. 9 hours. 8 cars. Said goodbye to lovely host Igor, who hosted me two nights in Split. Get a bus to my hh spot. First car stops. Young dude.Waiter. Late twenties. Drops me off in Omis. Cute little town. He says it’s the best town along the coast. It has a river, beach, sea, mountains. And him. He really wants me to stay and says he has room for me in his http://lana-in-serbia.blogspot.com/2010/09/hrvatska-and-crna-gora-part-4.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lana)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344944400428298790.post-8786728894434301854Sun, 19 Sep 2010 21:44:00 +00002010-10-05T14:54:19.443+02:00BalkansTravelFriday 10 September. Zadar-Split. 1,5 hour. 1 car. 1 boat. 1 Yugo.I wake up early this morning and hike the 8kms from Puntamika to the hh spot. The long walk along the marina was totally worth it. It was just gorgeous. Got to the bus stop. And put my sign out. 40 minutes goes by and no car stops. This is unusual. This never happened to me before. I never had to wait more than 15 minutes for a http://lana-in-serbia.blogspot.com/2010/09/hrvatska-and-crna-gora-part-3.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lana)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344944400428298790.post-3388654228772685356Sun, 19 Sep 2010 17:49:00 +00002010-10-05T14:53:45.120+02:00BalkansTravelThursday 9 September. Zagreb-Zadar. 4 hours. 2 cars. 0 pervs.Well, that thought didn’t last long. After a few wonderful days in grey and rainy Zagreb, where I stayed with 3 totally different, but all very interesting and special in their own way Couchsurfers, exploring their city, hanging out, talking, drinking and eating, I felt much better about that first hh day. So, I thought I’d give hh http://lana-in-serbia.blogspot.com/2010/09/hrvatska-and-crna-gora-part-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lana)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344944400428298790.post-6437106818874554190Sun, 19 Sep 2010 16:45:00 +00002010-10-05T14:53:18.356+02:00BalkansTravelMonday 6 September. Beograd-Zagreb. 4 hours. 6 cars. 3 pervs.Yesterday I was talking to my guy housemate who is a hitchhiker himself. I told him about my plans to hitchhike to Zagreb. He was like, yeah cool, go for it, it’s easy to hitch in the Balkans. Then I speak to my girl housemate who was like, NO DON’T DO IT, it’s dangerous, there are so many creeps out there. Hmm…who do I listen to? I am http://lana-in-serbia.blogspot.com/2010/09/hrvatska-and-crna-gora-part-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lana)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344944400428298790.post-2800702028311560328Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:37:00 +00002010-10-05T14:52:46.048+02:00BalkansTravelSo, I was on my way back from Peja, Kosovo and I get stopped at the border. Turned out I was reaching my max of 90 day stay in Serbia. Next day, out of all the places I could go to (Timisoara and Osijek were some of the options) I get sent to Vukovar, Croatia because, well, why not?In the bus to Osijek, I am starting to get nervous once we approach the border... Just give me a stamp already! But http://lana-in-serbia.blogspot.com/2010/09/what-are-odds.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lana)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344944400428298790.post-9169916127685550295Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:08:00 +00002010-10-05T14:52:01.825+02:00BalkansRandom RamblingsTravelNot so long ago MEC participated in the workshop "Animate It!" in Peja, Kosovo. It was part of the Anibar 2010 festival. The city was lovely - the mountain views were to die for. I could wake up admiring that view every single day. But there was something else that was to die for: the menu at restaurant California. You see, you never got what you ordered, so you never knew what you would get. http://lana-in-serbia.blogspot.com/2010/09/californian-menu.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lana)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344944400428298790.post-7571228416955153350Sat, 21 Aug 2010 09:15:00 +00002010-08-21T11:17:34.769+02:00Media Education CentreThe 5th IYMS is over.It all worked out in the end. In the words of the great master Vid: it doesn’t matter how we got there, we got there in the end. My group struggled, fought and battled our way through and managed to have a finished product in the end. Though, I am usually one of those who think the journey is more important than the end, in this case, I couldn’t wait to get there! All in allhttp://lana-in-serbia.blogspot.com/2010/08/looking-back.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lana)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344944400428298790.post-7476071615666764901Sat, 21 Aug 2010 09:13:00 +00002010-08-21T11:18:08.662+02:00Media Education CentreThe weather is hot and sticky. The work rooms are noisy and messy. I am frustrated and at the verge of having a nervous breakdown. This can only mean one thing: the IYMS is in full swing.You see, I am ‘in charge’ of a group of 3 boys. Now, I do love kids (as you may have read in previous posts) and I love these kids, but boy what I would do to get rid of these bunch of ****s (I couldn’t come up http://lana-in-serbia.blogspot.com/2010/08/boys-will-be-boys.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lana)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344944400428298790.post-1775161416603995378Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:12:00 +00002010-08-09T22:17:11.161+02:00Media Education CentreHave a look at the final catalog that Vid and I designed for the IYMS which is starting in a few days...http://lana-in-serbia.blogspot.com/2010/08/final-catalog-for-iyms.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lana)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344944400428298790.post-1357550330642092480Mon, 09 Aug 2010 11:17:00 +00002010-08-09T13:49:58.373+02:00Media Education CentreMusic(These are the lyrics Sabina and I wrote to the tune of Jon Bon Jovi's Livin' On A Prayer, while we were on Tara. We planned to record it and make a music video. Unfortunately, circumstances prevented us from finishing the work. If we ever decide to finish it, you'll be the first to know :))Friday at 6 we got on the busWe had the whole dayTo eat and play, it's tough...So tough...Then everyone http://lana-in-serbia.blogspot.com/2010/08/livin-on-tara.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lana)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344944400428298790.post-5096774318892085967Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:36:00 +00002010-08-09T13:09:21.681+02:00Media Education CentreTravelI just came back from Tara. Spent ten days on a mountain with hundreds of kids (and even that was not enough)…And I enjoyed every single minute I spent with those kids.At times I did feel like a circus attraction, but I totally understand that for most kids I was the first Dutch person they had ever seen in their young lives. So, it wasn’t uncommon that whenever I stepped out of the door, I was http://lana-in-serbia.blogspot.com/2010/08/i-left-my-heart-in-tara-mountain.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lana)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344944400428298790.post-4278502325120487297Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:14:00 +00002010-07-23T14:51:36.086+02:00Random RamblingsI was in the "news"! Here, here and here.http://lana-in-serbia.blogspot.com/2010/07/in-other-news.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lana)0