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Serbia

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I don't know why but I couldn't sleep the night before I went to the airport together with Nils to go to Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It was early December and we were met by a gray, dull and gloomy city that still had its marks from the Yugoslav wars during the 90's. We asked for direction to our hotel called Hotel Union and the girl I asked laughed before she pointed out the direction, that's never a good sign. We arrived at Hotel Union and we could almost not see where we were going in the corridors because they wouldn't use any lighting, probably to save money or something. It was supposed to be a 3 star hotel but I would learn from this trip that you should go for the guest reviews instead of the stars. We had separate rooms next to each other and I thought my room smelled a lot of smoke, but as we were just there for 3 days we quickly went out of the hotel and into the streets. Nils had asked the receptionist for a recommendation of what to do and she s...

Liechtenstein

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One of Europe's smallest countries, Liechtenstein, is squeezed in between Switzerland and Austria in the Alps. My girlfriend Felicia and I went there to celebrate Valentine's Day. Since we had enjoyed Andorra, which is another one of the smallest countries, with similar landscape since it's also squeezed in between mountains, we had high hopes. But it was a total disappointment, Schaan which is the biggest city, just had a road going through it, and nothing more than that. Only 6000 rich people live in the city and you can tell because the vibe is so boring. We were just going to be there for the day and I'm so thankful for that, because I wish we never went there at all. The closest we got to romance was when Felicia got a rose at the pharmacy. I wasn't the best company this day either because I was cranky since I hadn't eaten for the whole day. When I finally ate a falafel plate, that also tasted surprisingly good, my mood got better and I thought we...