I'm spending spring break in Belgrade.

Apparently a mob of 1000 people threw rocks and broke windows at the US embassy in response to our support of independence for Kosovo.

So... what do you think?

2/17/2008 5:24:50 PM

Should be fun

like New Years 1959 in Havana fun

2/17/2008 5:26:17 PM

can i have your username?

2/17/2008 5:26:19 PM

I want to make a documentary about my trip titled You Got Serbed!

lets hope that means I don't get a gang beating

2/17/2008 5:30:19 PM

Ahaha

2/17/2008 5:33:32 PM

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"a documentary about my trip titled You Got Serbed!"

do it

2/17/2008 5:35:24 PM

if you fall, i shall avenge you

through interpretative dance

2/17/2008 5:45:56 PM

can it be just like Red Dawn?

2/17/2008 6:20:53 PM

You will probably be safer taking a vacation in Iraq.

2/17/2008 6:31:28 PM

can I bring pepper spray with me?

are there international laws prohibiting this?
how about traveling with it on the train?

2/17/2008 6:33:18 PM

pretend you are canadian

maple leaf ftw

2/17/2008 6:58:24 PM

there is a giant statue of a horse mounting a man outside their parliament building.

just saying.

2/17/2008 7:21:19 PM

are you sure you should be traveling at all?

i'm sure that by doing so, you are further supporting the patriarchy in some form or fashion

only by thinking about nothing and smoking lots of weed are you sure to find oneness with your dirty and smelly brethren

2/17/2008 8:14:15 PM

just talk shit about the Archduke and you'll be fine

2/17/2008 8:45:38 PM

^^ way to be jealous, you testicle

I travel so I don't end up a sandy-cunt like you

[Edited on February 17, 2008 at 9:26 PM. Reason : -]

2/17/2008 9:26:17 PM

Quote :

"pretend you are canadian maple leaf ftw"

2/17/2008 9:29:35 PM

if they think I'm canadian they make expect me to speak some french

fuck that - New Zealand, baby

my eastern european friend says that they can't tell the difference in english accents there anyway

2/17/2008 9:58:02 PM

i just find your cock-gobbling on the 90's PC culture terribly anachronistic

2/17/2008 11:28:24 PM

oh so resistance to patriarchy and paternalistic oppression was a fad of the 1990's?

nice try, troll

take your woe-fully limited world view back to NC State

2/17/2008 11:32:46 PM

when we went to germany we were totally canadian
we were in the old, angry part of germany

2/17/2008 11:35:44 PM

i am the divine spirit that runs through the winds and the rivers

i am the alpha and the omega

and you are still a poser wanna-be liberal douchebag who strives for the approval of every nasty lesbo that crosses your path

...

note that liberal douchebag is one statement, I don't think you are a douche, only that you really REALLY want to be one for some reason

[Edited on February 17, 2008 at 11:38 PM. Reason : .]

2/17/2008 11:36:55 PM

divine spirit?

see that's where you're going wrong with that theism and metaphysical bullshit

as much as you want to think that I'm a senseless hippy, I'm not
I'm actually a hardened and bitter atheist that likes to hug people

2/17/2008 11:53:02 PM

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"in the old, angry part of germany"

man those people hold grudges

2/18/2008 12:42:35 AM

I suppose it would be safer than a vacation to Hungary, 1957.

2/18/2008 12:46:04 AM

I'm hungary right now. I think I'm going to make a sammich.

2/18/2008 12:54:34 AM

There shouldn't be any concern. Do not view hatred for the American government for hatred of Americans. I never had problems in Serbia and that was right after the American bombing.

People hate when you try to mask your nationality.

2/18/2008 12:56:24 AM

Oh I'm sure the Serbs *love* us...

2/18/2008 12:58:47 AM

maybe if you left the US for once and got away from the propaganda, you'd actually have a clue about what was going on in the world.

2/18/2008 1:07:45 AM

in my limited experience, the serbs don't really care about us

they like our money, which is still way stronger than serbian funbucks

when we were confused, some serbs helped us find where we were trying to go

the only problem we had was with strange-looking gypsy children who had designs on my friend's carton of camels

of course this was in october, long before the current events

i did notice that europeans (at least in hungary and serbia) are able to separate normal americans from the actions of our government

since it's the serbian prime minister calling out the american government, i think the everyday serb won't have beef with american tourists

2/18/2008 12:21:51 PM

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" "pretend you are canadian Croatian"

Yeah, that will get you dead as soon as you step off the mofuggin plane

2/18/2008 12:26:58 PM

yeah I'm actually not as concerned about my physical well-being as I am about the possibility of administrative difficulties

my friend in Czech rep. who is planning to travel with me sent this:

Quote :

"Subject: Travelling within the Schengen zone Dear All, I need to inform you about information on travelling within the Schengen zone for those foreigners who have obtained the first Long-term residency visa (visa) in the Czech Republic. As I have discovered this weekend, these people who obtain their first visa for the Czech Republic and do not have a visa requirement for other Schenegen states, are automatically loosing this right to travel within the Schengen zone. Once the first visa is collected at the Czech embassy, from this date the foreigner may travel within the Schengen zone only for a period of 90 days. After this period, this person would need a valid Schenegen visa from the country he/she is planning to visit. If such a person would travel without a valid Schengen visa to other Schengen state and would be stopped by a police, he/she would then be interned and criminal act would be held against him/her for trying to illegally enter this country. After that this person would be escorted to the Czech border and file about this would be put in the Schengen system. At this moment I do not have much information on how we could arrange for you Schengen visas before the first extension, but I will be in contact with the Ministry of Interior this week and hopefully will receive more details on this. I had a really terrible experience last Saturday with two of my clients who were stopped by the German police during their random check up and were held at the police station in Germany for 12 hours. Even they were released we still have to finalize the criminal act that is being held against them. To avoid such a situation for now, please follow my instructions and do not travel to other Schengen states until we receive more details from the Foreign Police on a current situation. I will inform you as soon as I receive any other official information. Should you have any further questions, please feel free to contact me. Best regards, Petra Sumerauerová"

2/18/2008 5:25:59 PM

Hey guys, I'm such a genius that I've picked Afghanistan for my spring break destination instead of Mexico or Florida...is it a dangerous country?

2/18/2008 5:27:58 PM

dude Mexico is probably more dangerous than Serbia

2/18/2008 6:13:28 PM

yeah, because Mexicans just love to kill millions of people and act like nothing happened

2/18/2008 9:42:04 PM

how much was the plane ticket to get there? are there travel warnings?

2/18/2008 11:35:04 PM

the plot thickens

2/21/2008 4:07:44 PM

less than $800

there are no travel warnings as yet, that I am aware of

State department suggests that "occasional" protests break out
says just to avoid them

2/21/2008 4:09:41 PM

okay, open question, two parts:

do you think it is foolish to go to a city in which the US embassy had been the target of a few days of rioting and had recently been set on fire?

part two,

would you go?

2/21/2008 4:18:06 PM

yes

no

2/21/2008 4:26:59 PM

no, yes

HOWEVER

you are supposed to register with the local authorities within 24 hours of your arrival

i'd do that, because if you don't and it causes problems, well, the us embassy phone is not going to answered

2/21/2008 4:58:25 PM

yeah that's an interesting point

typically if you check into a hotel (or hostel, I suppose) the staff registers you with the local authorities

2/21/2008 5:09:30 PM

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"The Embassy warned American citizens to avoid areas of demonstration and to exercise "extreme caution.""

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/23/serbia.kosovo/index.html

2/23/2008 10:56:07 AM

oh good

Serbia has been added to the State Departments travel warnings list

2/23/2008 12:29:05 PM

Hmmm... "You Got Serbed" is a good one

I'm thinking "Czech Yoself Before you Wreck Yoself" (go to Prague instead)

2/23/2008 12:31:23 PM

I am actually flying INTO Prague

hanging out in and around Prague, going to Brno to see friends

then on to Budapest

and only then to Belgrade


but I do like the Czech yourself thing... if we can think of a good one for Budapest we'll have a theme for subtitling this project

I just arranged to have a video camera with me... this is getting interesting

2/23/2008 12:36:59 PM

I'm keeping a close eye on this situation, this is the sort of shit thats started half our world wars .

2/23/2008 12:38:44 PM

in my limited experience, the <people from any country> don't really care about us

they like our money, which is still way stronger than <any country> funbucks

when we were confused, some <people from any country> helped us find where we were trying to go

i did notice that <people from any country> are able to separate normal americans from the actions of our government

since it's the <people from any country's> prime minister calling out the american government, i think the everyday <person from any country> won't have beef with american tourists

2/23/2008 12:57:09 PM

you obviously haven't been traveling much lately

there are plenty of countries with stronger money than us

the European Union for example
and Britain has ALWAYS been richer

you don't think Jay-Z was wavin' them Euros to be ironic, do you?

^^ Oh yeah

USA and the EU backing Kosovo
Russia backing Serbia

[Edited on February 23, 2008 at 1:02 PM. Reason : Spring Break: World War III]

2/23/2008 1:01:45 PM

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"you got Serbed!"

post of the goddamned week.

2/23/2008 1:10:39 PM

yeah those damn serb nationalists are always starting shit, just ask franz ferdinand......oh wait

2/23/2008 1:21:03 PM