It takes five and half hours to cross Hungary’s border with Serbia. Why? I never intended to go to Switzerland again by bus. Once, twelve years ago, when I was but 19, seemed more than enough. Doing away with borders in the Western Balkans is...
Tag - Postcards
A walk around the superb medieval city of Kotor in Montenegro suggests it’s business-as-usual for the country’s lucrative tourism sector. But for how long? ...
War between Russia and Ukraine no longer looks imminent. We speak to locals in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv – who despite some reports to the contrary –...
Across Romania, people will vote on September 27 in local elections that – in the absence of any reliable opinion polls – will provide the most accurate gauge of...
It’s drizzling when I arrive at Poland’s biggest and busiest airport on a Saturday morning, on my way back home following my first business trip since the Covid-19...
The people of Bucharest, Romania’s capital, appear to have decided that coronavirus no longer exists, or at the very least is no longer a threat. Despite face masks...
Bucharest’s Henri Coanda Airport (or Otopeni, as it is still almost universally known) has never been one of the most agreeable places in Romania. Undersized and...
You need to do it on your own. I don’t have my passport with me so I won’t be able to cross the border. Good luck! Those were the parting words – said in Polish...
Mexico ‘86 says the blue T-shirt I am putting on. I am not a huge football fan – I know the World Cup ended about a month ago with Argentina beating West Germany...
The famous author Virginia Woolf once proclaimed that everyone needs a room of their own. I’d like to humbly add, everyone needs a yard of their own too. It’s precisely...
Since Romania first instituted a nationwide lockdown on March 17 I have left my apartment on just four occasions: thrice to shop for food, and once to collect a new...
In the early 2000s, the dormant genre of post-punk experienced a period of revival and reintroduction into the musical mainstream, taking new-found inspiration from...
