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Feeling Kotor, Might Not Delete…

Feeling Kotor, Might Not Delete…

by Calvin Sun | Aug 19, 2017 | August 2017: The Balkans, Border Crossing, Doctor in the House, Fit for Foodies, How Did You Do That?, Montenegro, Walking Tours, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come

  Reeling from last night’s epic outing at Club Revel in Dubrovnik, the group didn’t let shame and a polite hangover from exploring their city on their own while I stuck behind at the hostel catching up on some studying (still in residency...
A Rose For Sarajevo

A Rose For Sarajevo

by Calvin Sun | Aug 15, 2017 | August 2017: The Balkans, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Crisis, Fit for Foodies, Serendipitous!, The Nightlife, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come

  If it’s not already playing, press play. And then start reading.     A Sarajevo Rose is a concrete scar caused by a mortar shell’s explosion that was later filled with red resin. Mortar rounds landing on concrete create a unique fragmentation...
Sleepless In Sarajevo

Sleepless In Sarajevo

by Calvin Sun | Aug 15, 2017 | August 2017: The Balkans, Bosnia & Herzegovina, The Nightlife, Walking Tours, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come

  Coming from Belgrade via a detour to Srebrenica, we arrive in Sarajevo at 6:30pm at Travellers Home Hostel, where we dropped off our stuff and reunited with the 3 other monsooners Lei, Maria and Anthony.     We would also be joined by...
From Belgrade To Sarejevo Via Srebrenica: Memories Of A Massacre

From Belgrade To Sarejevo Via Srebrenica: Memories Of A Massacre

by Calvin Sun | Aug 14, 2017 | August 2017: The Balkans, Border Crossing, Bosnia & Herzegovina, How Did You Do That?, Rules Are Meant To Be Broken, Way Way Off the Beaten Path

  I had first heard of the Srebrenica Massacre back in 2005, when I was a college freshman and busy running the first national undergraduate film festival at Columbia University (CUNUFF). One of our first film submissions was a short film and...
Beyond Belgrade

Beyond Belgrade

by Calvin Sun | Aug 13, 2017 | August 2017: The Balkans, Serbia, Serendipitous!, Way Way Off the Beaten Path

 I was debating whether to do an extra post on Belgrade as we saw everything required in the city center yesterday, thunderstorms be damned. But then I realized there were a few other things in its outskirts that were worth mentioning.We woke up to a late...
Serendipity In Philipsburg, Sint Maarten

Serendipity In Philipsburg, Sint Maarten

by Calvin Sun | Jul 20, 2017 | Epiphanies on the Road, July 2017: Saint Martin's & Surrounding Islands, Saint Martin, Serendipitous!, Sint Maarten, Walking Tours, What Dreams May Come

  So on my last day for a few hours before my afternoon flight home, I went back to Maho Beach at around noon, parking up at a bench at Sunset Bar & Grill and getting some good studying on while catching flights landing every 20-30...
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