So, here I am back in London at the end of it all. Eastern Europe is amazing. Beautiful, interesting and fun - and that's just the people. It's hard to say I had a favourite place as I liked different places for different reasons. I guess I liked the Baltics for the women, Kiev and Budapest for stunning cities, Slovakia and Poland for the scenery, Bosnia and Serbia for surprise packages and Croatia for the partying. So it was all good.
It's amazing how easy it was to get around. Almost everywhere, anyone under 35 speaks good English. It wasn't as cheap as I'd anticipated, and after a while I abandoned my budget and decided to just enjoy it.
The recent history of so many places was pretty sobering. Around 1989 - 1992 there was so much change all over eastern Europe. The fall of communism, the USSR and Yugoslavia were massive and I guess it's pretty amazing how quickly it all happened, and around the same time. Almost overnight, so many new countries on the map. The people are so outward looking and just keen to get on with their lives. Which I guess is human nature.
Now, I'm heading to Bangkok, Sydney, New Zealand and finally South America.
Ushuaia Dec 10 - 14
16 years ago
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