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An Observatory to look within

Godspeed to Olympos, Wed, 06 Sep 23
Simon at a Mountain in Europe, North Macedonia, Serbia

Not much happened today. I got up in a great mood and just chilled a bit taking in a great mountain view and vaguely starting to think where am I even going today. I’m the end, I made a general …

Don’t lean over the Abyss

Godspeed to Olympos, Tue, 05 Sep 23
Simon at a Temple, UNESCO site in Europe, Serbia

Today did not start the way I was hoping it to. I slept by the Resavska Pecina cave, planning to visit it as it opens at 9am. But it turned out that it’s closed and they won’t open until enough …

Don’t sleep by a monastery

Godspeed to Olympos, Mon, 04 Sep 23
Simon at a Temple, Waterfall in Europe, Serbia

Miljkov MonasteryMiljkov MonasteryMiljkov MonasteryMiljkovDobreš monasteryZlatenac ZlatenacRadošinZlatenacRadošinRadošinSaint SavaTomic monasteryTomic JakovicManasija Manasija MonasteryManasija Today I discovered why you shouldn’t sleep by a monastery. They very much still ring the bells for prayers at 3am, and then at 6am, and then at 7am, and then at …

Electrifyingly ugly

Godspeed to Olympos, Sun, 03 Sep 23
Simon at a City in Europe, Serbia

I set off towards Belgrade making a stop at Sremsky Karlovsky. It’s a cute little village with a lot of wineries and I quaint little centre. I stumbled upon a mass in the orthodox church and the one thing that …

The Fortress of Sick Beats

Godspeed to Olympos, Sat, 02 Sep 23
Simon at a Castle, City in Europe, Serbia

On the way to Novi Sad I quickly realised another reason why I love the EU. Roaming outside of it is EXPENSIVE. As soon as I got there, I bought a Serbian SIM card and activated it with the help …