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 Good job: a young Hungaraian
bought a cheap ticket by GyuriFT, 1 more photos
Return your overseas-bought Balkan Flexipass to the agency which issued it if you are still in your home country. You pay 15% "penalty" but it's still worth to do.
If you are already traveling - do NOT travel even a single day on the railpass issed overseas. If you enter Serbia on an international train and head for Belgrade/Nis/Novi Sad/etc. just act as you don't have any ticket, seek the conductor and buy a domestic ticket from the conductor (sample price: from Hungarian border till Belgrade a ticket in fast train is less, than 5 Dollars). Euro cash is usually accepted. If you seek the conductor and ask for ticket, they will issue it with a minimal handling fee. Don't try to cheat and play the hide-and-seek game. Conductors are used to the fact, many travellers have no ticket because they are either "through" passengers, boarded the train a the station without ticket office, etc. Don't worry about be without the ticket as long as you act honestly and intent to purchase it.
Once at a major station, INVALIDATE your overseas-bought railpass with the manager of the station. You will be able to return the pass paying 15% penalty.
Buy the same Flexipass at any international ticket counter in Serbia. They will issue such passes quickly and efficiently. Stations in Subotica, Nis, Novi Sad, Beograd have international ticket counter. I found, the workers at international station in Subotica speak English, German, Russian, Hungarian. They accept cash (Dinars, Euro, USD) only, no credit cards.
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 In Prague:
Beograd-Thessaloniki fare =
62.40 Euro by GyuriFT, 1 more photos
Never buy a train ticket involving Serbian Rail outside of Serbia. Possible exception: all Balkan countries, Croatia, Hungary, Russia.
The Unform Balkan Tariff, the Serbian-Croatian agreement as well as bi-lateral Hungarian and Ukrianian/Russian agreements can yield as much discount as 60% (less than a half) from international tariff. Other countries do not have these agreements. Hence the same tickets will cost MUCH more.
Invalidate the foreign ticket with the railway station manager before you use. Even with 10-15% penalty it is worth to return where it was bought. The local discount is much more then the loss.
Buy tickets in Serbia, not abroad except few countries. Best place to buy: Wasteels office in Beograd at the railway station.
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 Gucha-souvenirs not Serbian
but Chinese by GyuriFT
Travel to Murano (near Venice, Italy), 73 Euro from Belgrade by train and buy genuine Italian glass - all made in China.
You can travel to Pristina via Lesak and Kosovo Polje for few Euro. There you can buy genuine Albanian handcrafts - mostly made in China.
Better: Serbia is a good place to buy Transsiberian tickets, should be around 200 Euro. You can go straight to the source! Doing it, don't forget to buy genuine Russian "matrioshka" in Moscow, made in... :(
Seriously - even if what you buy looks genuine: look in the details before you pay even in a place you think is safe from "globalization" effect. There are local souvenirs made locally but the price is always much higher.
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 by Prasnjavi
There are no two, three or, even, four letters for an one sound like in English or French. Also, “A”, “E”, “O”, “J”, “K”, “M” and “T” are same as in English but be careful, when you see “B” it is our “V”, “H” is “N”, “X” is “H”, “P” is “R”, “C” is “S”, “Y” is “U”, and we have some voices that English language doesn’t.
It is not heavy as I wrote and you will have some fun learning it.
Ask some young people what you interesting for. Almost everyone speaks one of the world languages. Leave a Comment
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If you are calling from mobile phone just dial “+” . Leave a Comment
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Prices of everything are different in different stores, so check it out before you buy something… Leave a Comment
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