Hi there and Happy Holidays! Saturday 15th was our first, and only full, day in Pristina, Kosovo. It started off amazingly as our hostel for some fantastic reason had decided to give us free breakfast - so to our surprise we all woke up to a...
Hello everyone! After a fun night of exploring the Belgrade fortress everyone was up and ready to embark on the last 2 meetings in Belgrade and a long bus ride to Pristina. The Belgrade Fortress by night. We first took a cab to CANVAS’ office in New Belgrade...
The beautiful voice of our travel coordinator Fredrika marked the beginning of this Thursday and to the familiar sound of “Sankta Lucia” we got ready for yet another intense and thrilling day on the Balkans, our second day in Belgrade and Serbia. For most of...
Zdravo! On our first morning in Belgrade, the group woke up to the smell of pancakes, which our wonderful Nickella had prepared for us: well-needed for a day with two important meetings. After breakfast, we walked just 10 minutes to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where...
Tuesday morning had an early start as we checked out of the hostel and made our way to the last meeting in Budapest with Aron Demeter from Amnesty International Hungary. Luckily for our suitcase-carrying selves the place of the meeting was a mere ten-minute walk...
Hi there! The weather was sunny when we went out and took the tram to the Hungarian parliament. The building is incredibly beautiful and big, it’s actually supposed to be the biggest parliament in Europe. We were in the parliament to meet Márton Gyöngyösi, the group...
We are excited to note that PM Löfvéns speech titled ‘Our Europe – our shared responsibility’, arranged by the Uppsala Association of Foreign Affairs, is featured on The European Council's summary of european citizens' dialogues (2:29). Watch the video here! ...
We are excited to note that PM Löfvéns speech titled ‘Our Europe – our shared responsibility’, arranged by the Uppsala Association of Foreign Affairs, is featured on The European Council's summary of european citizens' dialogues (2:29). Watch the video here! ...
Szia! How great that you’ve found your way to the UF Travel Blog of Fall semester 2018. Here we will write about our experiences during this semester’s trip - taking you from Budapest, to Belgrade and finally Pristina. Some of the topics we navigated with when...