Tag Archives: Maribor
My Forthcoming Book – Extract Four, On A Train Bound For Yugoslavia
As I wait at Gatwick for my flight to Ljubljana, I recall my only other, very brief, visit to Slovenia (then Yugoslavia) in 1987. Needless to say I hope this trip goes more smoothly – I do have an hour delay, but hopefully that is the worst of my troubles! Wilbur.
A-Z April Challenge – Maribor
To set the scene, I was on my first interrail trip in 1987 aged twenty-two with my mate Poll. Three days into the trip, Poll had lost his passport near Munich and had to be issued an emergency one by the British Consulate, designed to get us home by the most direct route. Undeterred, we had carried on […]
On The Beaten Track Extract – A Bum Note
This extract follows on from our ejection under armed guard from Yugoslavia in 1987 (click YUGOSLAVIA for this part of the notorious night). So we found ourselves back in Austria at a small border station……. The backdoor to the station was locked – oh no, you don’t say, surely not……… Thankfully the front door was open […]
My Forthcoming Book – Extract Four, On A Train Bound For Yugoslavia
To set the scene, I was on my first inter-rail trip in 1987 aged twenty-two with my mate Poll. Three days into the trip, Poll had lost his passport near Munich and had to be issued an emergency one by the British Consulate, designed to get us home by the most direct route. Undeterred, we […]
