Trade Mission From Boston Visiting Serbia Today
Kind of fun to read this press release about mainly Boston-based companies whose executives are touring Serbia today as part of a trade mission. Seems like they are mostly seeking cheap tech labor; although, based on his name alone, I bet US executive Milenko Beslic will be busy also visiting relatives! I've emailed him personally to ask how the mission goes and will let you know if I hear back.

Super-Easy Way to Piss Off Serbs: Praise Any Clinton
In a move deliberately calculated to piss off pretty much every Serb around the world, Kosovo is about to unveil a statue of Bill Clinton. This is overly dramatic comparison, but think how the Israelis would feel if the Palestinians commissioned a big public statue of Hitler?Deliberate provocation.I wasn't aware of any connection between Clinton and Serbia before I married my husband, and so was astonished by Serbs' invariably venomous reaction to any mention of the name "Clinton." The anger extends to the whole family, and simmers just under boiling to this day. It'

Serbian Man vs American Woman: The Toilet-Seat Battle Rages On...
I'm not naming names, but, somebody-just-back-from-the-Balkans apparently unlearned his ability to put the toilet seat back down after using it. Five years of my seat-tutorials down the toilet after just three short weeks visiting the old country. What is it with Central European men? Do women there never teach them anything?

Freakishly Strange 'We'll Wrap Your Baggage in Plastic" Service At Belgrade Airport
The first time I saw this in the central hall at Nikola Tesla Airport, I stopped in my tracks. I've traveled quite a bit. Across the USA, Italy, UK, India, Nepal, and various way-stations in between. I had never, ever seen a machine that wrapped your luggage in plastic bef

Visiting the Balkans (a View from the One Left at Home)
So I'm going crazy because my husband has been over in the Balkans, mainly Serbia and Croatia, for the past three weeks. We had personal business why he had to leave. These days US banks are giving 1.85% interest on CDs, Serbian and Croatian banks are giving 3.5-6% interest on CDs, so he decided to move his savings.But I think part of the unofficial reason he took off is because I got bored-shitless in "early retirement" so I launched another start-up and am working crazy hours again.... for just now I swear! But, Balkan men like to come home from work at noon and fi