To Southeast Europe This Time

Still not done with packing. I am partially done and will have to finish it tonight. I am already charging all my gadgets including my cameras, cellphones and other stuffs I need for my travel to the Balkan part of Europe.

The trip will start tomorrow. This time I am heading to the  Balkans, or the Balkan Peninsula, also referred to as Southeast Europe. We will be visiting 4 countries including Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro and  Albania. I would 5 countries because we will have a short stop over in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

A map of the Balkans or Southeast Europe powered by Google maps.

We will be visiting a lot of sights in these countries including Maribor, Zagreb, Zadar, Dubrovnik, Budva, Cetinje, Njegusi, Kotor, Krka National Park, Rastoke and many more.

The one you can see in the google map here will be our route to those four countries in the Balkans.

The Balkans 

The term "The Balkans" covers not only those countries which lie within the boundaries of the Balkan Peninsula, but may also include Slovenia and Romania.  Prior to 1991 the whole of Yugoslavia was considered to be part of the Balkans. The term "The Balkans" is sometimes used to describe only the areas in the Balkan peninsula: Moesia, Macedonia, Thrace, Kosovo, Šumadija, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Dalmatia, Thessaly, Epirus, Peloponnese and others, but more often it includes the rest of former Yugoslavia (Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia) and Romania, namely the provinces of: Vojvodina, Slavonia, Banat, Wallachia, Moldavia, Transylvania, and others. Italy as a totality, is generally accepted as part of Western Europe and the Apennines. The term "the Balkans" was coined by August Zeune in 1808. wikipedia.

I wish to Visit Romania

There are still a lot of Europe countries that I wish to visit. Time to time when finances are available, I know I can visit these countries in Europe in the future. One of the countries that is on my list is Romania. It is a country located in Southeastern and Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea. While searching over it on the net, I was redirected to a gay Romania site. Talking about gay and homosexual, I saw a TV program about these kind of people and how they live in this world. I don't judge these people for who they are. It is their lives and they have the freedom to express themselves. I even have some cousins who are also gays and I accept them for who they are. In fact I admire these people who are courageous enough to face the challenges of living this kind of life. I guess most of you heard about Robby Rosa who now publicly announced that he is also a gay. It is only a sort of acceptance for who you are. Actually the name of the blog I visited is DarkQ, a gay and lesbian community in Romania. I do welcome to meet them once I visit Romania in the future..wink! Feel free to visit their blog to see various scenes of this kind of living  in Romania.

I am also happy to announce that a Europe adventure with a friend will be coming soon this summer season. This will be another fun travel full of excitement and adventure.