Archived:BalkanPlan

The Balkanisation of the Balkans

Proposed by Ed and Micky, 28/1

• 1. AM: Fly out. PM: Zagreb -> Ljubljana (80 miles, 2 hrs); Ljubljana.
• 2. AM: Ljulblana -> Lake Bled (40 miles, 1 hr); Lake Bled. PM: Lake Bled; Lake Bled -> Ljubljana (40 miles, 1 hr).
• 3. AM: Ljubljana -> Skocjan Caves (50 miles, 1.5 hrs); Skocjan Caves. PM: Skocjan Caves -> Trieste (20 miles, 0.5 hrs); Trieste.
• 4. AM: Trieste -> Plitvice (160 miles, 4 hrs). PM: Plitvice Lakes
• 5. AM: Plitvice -> Split (160 miles, 4 hrs). PM: Split.
• 6. AM: Split. PM: Split -> Dubrovnik (140 miles, 4 hrs (two border crossings)).
• 7. AM: Dubrovnik. PM: Dubrovnik -> Podgorica (100 miles, 3 hrs (we'll need them; crazy road)).
• 8. All day: Podgorica -> ruins, scenery, walls, *really* awesome scenery, churches, etc. -> Mostar (190 miles, 8 hrs (for stopping at stuff along the way, mainly)).
• 9. AM: Mostar; Mostar -> Sarajevo (80 miles, 2 hrs). PM: Sarajevo.
• 10. AM: Sarajevo -> Vukovar (170 miles, 5 hrs). PM: Vukovar.
• 11. AM: Vukovar -> Budapest (180 miles, 5 hrs). PM: Budapest.
• 12. AM: Budapest -> Miskolc (120 miles, 3 hrs (we're on better roads here)). PM: Miskolc.
• 13. AM: Miskolc -> Eger (60 miles, 1.5 hrs); Eger. PM: Eger, Tard, etc.; Eger -> Budapest (80 miles, 2 hrs).
• 14. AM: Budapest -> Vienna (160 miles, 3.5 hrs). PM: Vienna.
• 15. AM: Vienna. PM: Vienna -> Ljubljana (250 miles, 6 hrs).
• 16. AM: Ljubljana -> Zagreb (80 miles, 2 hrs); return car etc. PM: Fly back.

MAP

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PLACES TICKED FOR PEOPLE (based on canon desires and clear statements made on the day of planning) are as follows:

• micky: sarajevo, montenegro, miskolc (i also recall there was something else on this route)
• smith: vukovar, zagreb, sarajevo, vienna
• ed: dubrovnik/podgorica + environs, split, ljubljana + environs
• rev: budapest, zagreb, slovenia, vienna
• ben: (i seem to recall that he wanted: mostar, eger, split, dubrovnik/podgorica + environs, ljubljana + environs, dalmatian coast)