Nathan's Insights

World Traveller: 7 Continents, 90 Countries, 871 Days Overseas

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  • Destination: Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Official Name: Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Established: 1377 (Kingdom of Bosnia)
    Population: 3.4 million (2022 estimate)
    Country Size: 51,209 square kms
    Religion: 51% Islam, 46% Christian 
    Language: Bosnian, Serbian and Croatian
    Currency: Convertible mark (BAM)
    Capital: Sarajevo
    Order of Visit: Eighty First
    First Visit: 24 April 2024 
    Last Visit: 26 April 2024
    Duration: 3 Days
    Highlights: Latin Bridge (Sarajevo), Tunnel of Hope (Sarajevo), Assassination spot of Archduke Ferdinand (Sarajevo), Ottoman Influence (Sarajevo), Cable Car view (Sarajevo), Tito’s Atomic Fallout Bunker (Konjic), Koski Mehmed Pasa Mosque & Minaret (Mostar), Stari Most Bridge (Mostar), Exploring picturesque Mostar
    Cities: Sarajevo, Konjic, Mostar
    Bosnia and Herzegovina Journal Entries

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  • Destination: Serbia

    Official Name: Republic of Serbia
    Established: 1217 (Kingdom)
    Population: 6.6 million (2022 census)
    Religion: 86.8% Christian (81.1% Serbian Orthodoxy), 4.2 Islam 
    Language: Serbian
    Currency: Serbian dinar
    Capital: Belgrade
    Order of Visit: Eightieth
    First Visit: 21 April 2024
    Last Visit: 24 April 2024 (planned)
    Duration: 4 Days
    Highlights: Petrovaradin Fortress (Novi Sad), Belgrade Fortress, Yugo Car exerience, buildings bombedby NATO in 1990s, Josip Broz Tito Memorial, Semlin Concentration Camp (or rather the lack of acknowledgment of this camp)
    Cities: Novi Sad, Belgrade
    Serbia Journal Entries

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  • Destination: Hungary

    Official Name: Hungary
    Established: 895 (Principality of Hungary)
    Population:  9.6 million (2023 estimate)
    Religion: 42.5% Christian, 16.1% no religion, 40.1% unknown 
    Language: Hungarian
    Currency: Forint
    Capital: Budapest
    Order of Visit: Seventy ninth
    First Visit: 18 April 2024 
    Last Visit: 21 April 2024 
    Duration: 4 Days
    Highlights: Hungarian Parliament, St Stephen’s Basilica, USA President Statues, Buda Castle, Matthias Church, Fisherman’s Bastion, Great Market Hall, Chain Bridge, Gellert Hill Cave Church, Funky Ruin Bars
    Places Visiting: Budapest
    Hungary Journal Entries

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  • Destination: Austria

    Official Name: Republic of Austria
    Established:     976 (Margraviate of Austria)
    Population:     8,902,600 (2020 estimate)
    Religion:     57% Catholic, 8.7% Eastern Orthodox, 7.9% Muslim
    Language:     German
    Capital:     Vienna
    Order of Visit:     Fifteenth 
    First Visit:     21 May 2006
    Last Visit:     18 April 2024
    Duration:     7 Days
    Visit Highlights:      The beautiful Austrian countryside, a brilliant wine and bike tour of Wachau Valley, enjoying performances at the Vienna State Opera (Opera in 2006, ballet in 2024), Habsburg’s Winter and Summer Palaces
    Places Visited:     Vienna, Wachau Valley
    Austria Journal Entries  

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  • Destination: Czech Republic

    Official Name: Czechia
    Established: 1198 (Kingdom of Bohemia), 1918 (Czechoslovakia), 1993 (Czech Republic)
    Population: 10,693,939 (2020 estimate)
    Religion: 75% No Religion, 10.3% Catholic
    Language: Czech
    Capital: Prague
    Order of Visit: Fourteenth 
    First Visit: 14 May 2006
    Last Visit: 17 April 2024
    Duration: 12 Days
    Visit Highlights: Terezin Small Fortress, Prague Palace, St Nicks Cathedral, Sedlec Ossuary (Bone Church),  hiking a mountain, Exploring Moravsky Kras Caves, Cesky Krumlov Castle, Castle Gardens, Historic and beautiful Gardens
    Places Visited: Prague, Dalecin, Cesky Krumlov, Moravian Krast
    Czech Republic Journal Entries  

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