Tag - Serbie - Les pérégrinations de Julien

Monday 30 January 2012

Monday 30 January 2012, 13:11

Another Life In Belgrade — 29th of January

Some quick news, mostly for people who do not follow the facebook page.

Belgrade exploration is underway. The month has been quite busy.
I am living out of the Inex Film squat with Florian, though two nice people from here invite us to sleep at their place everytime they can.
Starting to know quite a number of hidden places in Belgrade. I'm a bit lacking on mainstream ones though.
Looking for a flat in the center. Annoying. Agencies are as much thieves as they are in Paris.
I am working on new graphics for this very website, and maybe some new content as I have things to share I cannot share with this design. Expect it in a few weeks.
Got a job for three months, starting on Tuesday. Will work for groundlink, in Change Management.

So I'm building a life in Belgrade for the next three months, and that is thrill. I would be really happy to make it work. I mean, it is like a challenge, as it will allow me to prove myself I can really do it. Which I think is true, but I have to try for real to be completely convinced.

By the way, I will be able to host people starting from mid-february. So if you wanna drop by, just send me a line and we get that rolling. I'll be really happy to see you, whether I know you from before the trip or I met you on the road.

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Tuesday 17 January 2012

Tuesday 17 January 2012, 21:20

Happy New Year, the squat

Happy New Year, the squat — 3rd of January

So you thought I was dead? Well, you thought wrong! Though I went through hard times after the rescue operation. I hurt my back and got unable to move or carry anything heavier than a kilogram. We got back on the road on the 26th of December, so we can spend NYE in Beograd,

Where are we gonna sleep, blablabla… Hey what about squatting? Fire up that internet search, follow those links, track down the location, walk for 3 hours, find colorful building, say hi to people, explain your story. Shazam! Ready for the party of the year!

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Tuesday 27 December 2011

Tuesday 27 December 2011, 21:42

End Of An Adventure

End Of An Adventure — 18th of December

A few hours later, the weather is much more calm and we decide to take on the trip despite the dark clouds: if we don't, we will run out of food this evening. So after drying up and packing our stuff, we load the raft and leave. We won't go far: as soon as we start moving, the wind starts again, and blows laterally, pushing us towards a secondary riverbed. We can see the water current speeding up brutally and blazing through the next 50 meters, before running under a huge stump. We row as fast as we can to dodge it, but the wind is against us, and the stump rushes towards us. 50 meters… 30 meters… 10 meters…

CRASH !

We just crashed into the stump.

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Friday 23 December 2011

Friday 23 December 2011, 18:26

Wide Vehicle

Wide Vehicle — Wednesday, 14th of December

Back to Serbia with brand new stamps in my passport, so as to restart the 3-month timer. We are still looking for some way to get the raft down the hydroelectric plant. Hope is dying slowly and we decide to burn our last cartridge — though not least — before we leave on foot: we remeber that in the police office we had our bags searched at, they told us to let them know if we needed anything. Well, we do and as crazy as it may sound, it is worth a try.

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Saturday 10 December 2011

Saturday 10 December 2011, 13:45

Down the Drina

Down the Drina

We eventually get to put the raft in the river. It is much heavier than we expected, and we fear we might have underestimated the required buyoancy. We are already imagining the worst possible scenario, the raft sinking as a stone as soon as we release it. Fortunately, no such thing happens, and we get on without any trouble. People wave at us from the shore. Someone yells: “I can't believe you did it”.

After three weeks in Bajina Bašta, we are on the road — that is, on the river — again.

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Friday 9 December 2011

Friday 9 December 2011, 21:24

People of Bajina Bašta

People of Bajina Bašta

Our stay in Bajina Bašta led us to meeting many people. Amongst them, a few let special memories, and this is about them. Trust me, you do not want to miss Père Castor, last in the article but certainly not least.

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Friday 9 December 2011, 14:27

Do-it-yourself in Bajina Bašta

Do-it-yourself in Bajina Bašta

November 13th, 2011, end of afternoon. Florian and I, having spent a cool night with a sympathetic family somewhere in the north-western countryside of Užice, just realize we took a wrong turn a few kilometers before. We missed the turn that would have led us to the small village called Rogaćica. After a quick talk, we decide to go on and walk to the next town instead, namely Bajina Bašta.

We reach the center of Bajina Bašta about two hours later, after an exhausting walk on the main road. We have a quick tea, then go looking for a place with cheap food. This is the time we made the encounter that would lead us to staying in Bajina Bašta for 3 weeks. Igor, about 30, and his son show us a good place for cheap food, and somewhere we can set up our tent at. Having thanked them, we agree on meeting the next day. Then, we go sleeping, for our first night in the town.

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Monday 28 November 2011

Monday 28 November 2011, 17:56

Serbian countryside

Serbian countryside, November 13th

Back on the road, with Florian. Who is Florian? Well, he's a future businessman or whatever serious stuff he's studying. But he really wanted a break, so he took a year off, to roam through Europe. We should travel together until March or so. Balkan girls beware the two French adventurers!

At the end of the first day, we see the monastery of Dobrun. Time for a break! The initial building dates back to the fourteenth century, but was completely destroyed under the Ottoman empire. Most of what can see today is less than 200 years old.

Anyway, less talk, more pics for that article, here we go.

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Tag - Serbie

Another Life In Belgrade — 29th of January

Happy New Year, the squat — 3rd of January

End Of An Adventure — 18th of December

Wide Vehicle — Wednesday, 14th of December

Down the Drina

People of Bajina Bašta

Do-it-yourself in Bajina Bašta

Serbian countryside, November 13th