Category Archives: Balkans

Kidnapped By Aliens In Slovakia! – The Perils of Being a Brit Abroad

I am thrilled that my piece Kidnapped By Aliens In Slovakia! – The Perils of Being a Brit Abroad has been featured by Robert Fear on his Fred’s Blog Creative Writing Showcase. What happened at Bzovic should really stay at Bzovic. But if you really want to know the true story about what happened atContinue reading “Kidnapped By Aliens In Slovakia! – The Perils of Being a Brit Abroad”

Welcome To Kosovo

Hungerford. Lockerbie. Dunblane. Sleepy backwaters whose syllables might have languished in obscurity forever, had they not become intertwined irrevocably with tragedy. I felt the same as we crossed into Kosovo. My knowledge of Europe’s newest country – a territory half the size of Wales, populated by fewer than two-million people – derived mostly from shockingContinue reading “Welcome To Kosovo”

Marvellous Matka – Matka Canyon & Skopje Revisited, North Macedonia

Mark and I fled from Skopje first thing.