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Balkan Roads is a circular road trip on old dusty roads of Balkan
peninsula using your own vehicle o

18/11/2020

We present you the biggest scam and one of the top 5 childhood traumas in the Balkans. 👶 😭 Can anyone guess why??🤔 😵 🤭

28/10/2020

Today's top sold and the biggest regional newspaper Novi List recognized that there is something strange, untypical and potentially dangerous (in a positive way) that stems from their city of Rijeka. Kudos to them. 👏🎇🥳
But potentially dangerous and fatal are a familiarity and tradition of Rijeka so it's OK (torpedo, punk music, industrial espionage...). 😜😁
If you don't understand Croatian then this post especially refers to you so come and visit Www.balkanroads.co

26/10/2020

Just an everyday, casual brunch in a portion for an average elephant. We took it in between exploring the wonders of Lika in a hope we'll meet our biggest fan Ryan Krpan and resting in tranquility before we move on to Zavižan in the vastness of Velebit national park to meet the sunset of 1000 islands. Ahhh.. La dolce vita. 😌

23/10/2020

After truffles devouring and wine in throats spilling let's have a look back at our Istrian adventure. 👀

1. We saw the most authentic wineries and households whose hosts make sure that all the wanderers get that warm, homey feeling when they arrive and that they try only what is grown, nourished and made at home.☺️
2. Istria is like a continent for itself. It contains all the natural, cultural and social necessities we seek for. From the sea, mountains, forests, rivers and lakes to medieval cities with steep walls and cobbled streets, numerous festivals and myths and legends. There's even a desert over here people! 🏜️
3. The local wine follows the character traits of Istrian people. It can vary from mild fruity, flirty and swaying to strong and robust. We learned a lot about the history just through the wine.😲

Ill explain:🤓
If you could describe Istrian (wo)man in three words that would probably be tenacious, stubborn and dashing. Istrian wine is just like that. 😊From Roman times the gladiators drank a mixture of wine and honey before the fight to give them strength and explosiveness. Centuries later Istrian peasants and they were mostly poor peasants ate what they had to survive. Istrian sc****ly soil guaranteed there will be no abundance of anything over there and that's how famous Istrian soup appeared.😬 A mixture of red wine, honey, bread crumbles, a bit of spices optionally and of course, olive oil gave them strength and stamina for the day in the field. Hold your horses with prejudices but this actually makes a fine meal. Anyway you should give it a try when you arrive.👍
For the ones who would like to fathom into Istrian mentality more we suggest a book Veli Jože or "Great Jozhe" which in a metaphorical and a bit grotesque way through the adventures of a good-tempered giant describes the hardships and struggles Istrian people went through the past.📖

Just in Balkan Roads. Engine on, let's roam. 🚗

19/10/2020

This is Željko. Željko is an absolute king. He goes on our trip every time because as he says in his Zagreb accent: "You are, as some would notice, a real team, a cool one. Well done. One day you may even make me like that Yugo of yours. But don't push your luck too early." :D 🤩
Željko is 78 years old, has spent half his life in Canada and loves the road more than the bed. 🛣
That feeling when a 78-year-old man has more enthusiasm and zest for life than most of the people... Eh.
Don't be a drone, be like Željko. Travel and explore the world. You don't have to come with us, travel alone. Just get out of the house. Even the house wants it for you.
And if you want to have an eternal excuse to be outside the house - get yourself a Yugo. Be a Yugo Boss! 🚗 😎 💪
Cheers! 🍷

06/10/2020

Our next destination we're gonna explore, feel and enjoy is the magical peninsula of Istria. 🥰 Which is right next to Rijeka for all of you who will be turning on your Yugo's next summer.
What can you do over there? Bunch of stuff, exploring cultural - traditional checkpoints to adventures.
But when it comes to wines... 🍾 Uh... the wines of this region are something special. We often like to make a funny twist of the famous Latin expression: Mens sana in corpore sano, which basically means "Healthy spirit lays in a healthy body". In Istra there's a general rule "Mens sana in Malvasia Istriana" and it's 100% true. 😊
Malvasia is an autochthonous wine sort from Istria which has a rich, fruity scent followed by fresh, swaying but powerful taste. It's a white wine but Istra is also abundant in red wines such as Teran or Refošk plus rose variations. 😋

When you visit Istria and fancy a glass of great wine to ease and grease your day we definitely recommend a winery with the best view ever (!) and it's Kabola winery on the northwest par of peninsula. Very close is beautiful Coronica winery and Motovun city which is a home of Croatian fairy tales with Veli Jože as the great hero and... truffles! Yes, one of the most famous truffles that travel the world till they find their place on a plate of some of the most renowned restaurants, draw their origins from here.
So now you know what to do when you're around. ;)

More news coming soon. Any questions? Drop it in the comments or use the inbox.

Cheers! 🧃🍷😍😎

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24/09/2020

Hello everybody and welcome again. 🖖

Hope you didn't think we stopped finding and enhancing the best experiences in the Balkans cos that couldn't be further from the truth.☺️ If there's anything that is invincible in this world that's probably the Balkan spite. ✊So, thanks to corona crisis we came out with a crafty plan and made the Balkan Roads simpler, even more attractive and even cheaper. 👏More of that coming soon.

Meanwhile, we focused on something that it so authentic and genuine in the Balkans but highly underestimated in global circles and that's its wine. 🍷Surviving corona crisis and strengthening our immune system in wine cellars holding a glass like a part of aristocracy.👑
We do it like pros.

Just take a look at this majestic cellar in Baranja region of Croatia. 👀Pinkert winery exists for a long time and has probably on of the most amazing cellars in the region. The white covering on the bottles is the soft layer of odorless mold that creates the atmosphere of being in some royal hidden dungeon with the most valuable wines which you just discovered by accidentally leaning onto a knight's armor sword.😯

So prepare for the section of the best wines and wineries that Balkan Roads offer, soon. :) 😎

Cheers and feel free to share some pictures of your experiences in the most amazing wine cellars or vineyards.

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20/03/2020

😷😷 FIRST QUARANTINE IN HISTORY

[ /ˈ𝘬𝘸ɒ𝘳ə𝘯𝘵𝘪ː𝘯/ - 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 ]

The word quarantine comes from quarantena, meaning "forty days", used in 14th-15th-century Venetian language and designating the period that all ships were required to be isolated before passengers and crew could go ashore during the Black Death plague epidemic. 🤒⛵️

It was first imposed in 1377 in Venetian-dominated Ragusa, today Dubrovnik (aka King's Landing).

In July 1377, the Great Council of the Republic of Ragusa decided to forbid people from the plague-ridden areas to enter the city. 😷

Lazareti in Dubrovnik, also known as lazarettos or are a long and narrow building that consists of 10 naves (parallel, narrow halls, similar to church halls) separated by five courtyards, all surrounded by high walls. 🏰

Completed in 1647, the building would be used as a quarantine station (isolation hospital) in response to an outbreak of the plague and cholera – a dark past indeed.

Yet so relevant today.

Today it's used as a creative hub for recreation, trade, and entertainment.

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13/03/2020

What better way to enjoy Friday 13th during a global epidemic crisis than indoor, safe and sound while binging on some good shows?

PS - Affter this whole pandemic madness blows over, this is where we'll go to recharge. 😌

Care to join us? 🏖🚗

04/03/2020

Fighting the coronamadness pt.2 😷

We had our local wizard prepare an ancient Slavic health potion. 🧙🥣

If this doesn't help cure the corona-COVID19-bastard then we don't know what will. 😌🍽️

Bon appetit! 😋

(Slide into our inbox for the recipe)

03/03/2020

Here's how we deal with this coronavirus crisis in the Balkans:

✔️ avoid people
✔️ run into the woods
✔️ meditate
✔️ act foolish

26/02/2020

"Rijeka: the culture capital that knows how to party"

☝️This title taken from The Guardian says it all.

The culture capital will be your Balkan Roads start and endpoint. 🚗🏁

Not bad, eh?

(👇article link in the comments👇)

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