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September 23, 2016
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If you think my oversimplified abbreviated summary of Balkan history provided some degree of clarity about the region, prepare to be tossed back into a whirlpool of chaos because today we’re starting our journey to the triangular shaped country of …
September 21, 2016
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A lunchtime lesson to solve a currency puzzle. Those of you with sharp attention and memory might recall that the currency used in Montenegro is the euro. Some might have wondered how that could be since Montenegro is not a member …
September 21, 2016
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Unlike in Dubrovnik, where an observant visitor will spot sights like this, any signs of the nineties wars are either nonexistent, well hidden, or have been fully repaired. Perhaps I didn’t see such evidence because, unlike Dubrovnik, Kotor didn’t carry …