Wilbur's Travels

My new book is now available from Amazon. Travelling By Train Across The Balkans chronicles my trips over a decade or so in the intoxicating region.

It features train travel in Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Northern Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia and European Turkey.

The Balkan Peninsula conjures up images of conflict and division, unsurprising for a region riven with wars, occupations and land grabs over many centuries.

Most recently we had the horrendous 1990s Yugoslav Wars and it would be true to say that there are a multitude of grievances still harboured by every Balkan nation.

All of this is buried well below the surface, for now anyway, and I have found my travels there fascinating and highly rewarding.

Join me on my travels to meet the intriguing characters I came across and experience the all too frequent amusing mishaps suffered along the way.

Wilbur

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diving From The Bridge, Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina

Five get cold on the Nis to Sofia ‘Express’

Albania Train Stop

Roman Aqueduct, Skopje

Meteora, Greece

Alexander The Great Statue, Thessaloniki Style