When you first arrive in Copenhagen, emerging from Central Station, you may hear blood-curdling screams.  It's not exactly a sound yo...

If one place could claim to really encapsulate this country's identity, spirit and history, it's Jajce.  And to most people, Jajc...

Like everything else in the Balkans, the Una river's name has a legend behind it - this one from Roman Times.  "The one and only...

"It would be a shame for you not to meet the children!" Elizabeth Gowing had said enthusiastically via email. Twenty-four hour...

Three days of rain.  We traveled to Sokobanja from Nis, a choice that was applauded by the couple who ran our hostel.  The wife sucked ...

Well, the heat wave has ended. We awoke to a downpour and 50 degree temperature, plus extreme winds that were not kind to our poor, rattled...

On a sweltering, mid-August day (hotter than normal, according to everyone we asked), we visited Freibad Muhleholz, the outdoor swimming poo...