Interview with Jan Pronk While preparing for the symposium ‘Sultans Trail: Close Encounters of East and West’, I speak to Jan Pronk, who will act as chairman of the day on 26 November.He has been asked to do so because of his vast experience with and passion...
“Tourism in the Balkans is increasing, and so is cooperation between countries” Interview with Natasja Nikolić-Branković End of August 2022, Natasja gave a lecture at the symposium “Sultans Trail: CloseEncounters of East and West” in Haarlem, The Netherlands. It was...
Home 9 2022 9 October SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT MOTIVATION AND SANITY by Ralf Lopian “You are crazy!” A very common response I encounter when talking about my plan. Some people wonder if there are compelling and sensible reasons to cycle around the...
When I was thinking about taking a few months off from work and decided that I wanted to do a hiking or biking trail, I started to search through the internet for trails. Santiago de Compostela was an option, but I actually wanted to do something different and I...
“You are going to hike for three months? Through the Balkans?? ALONE???” Having confirmed each of these questions with a “yes”, I could almost always expect to hear one of the following exclamations: “Are you not afraid? Alone, as a...