Entries by Filip Preoteasa

Tap waters and underground rivers

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“Is it ok to drink the tap-water here?” “Yes, of course it is,’ replied Emma, the imposing Croatian purple-belt who ran the session, ‘the water here is the best in all the Balkans!’ Paradoxically, I would hear this statement in most gyms and hostels I visited across the region. Whilst I cannot honestly assess whether […]

Entering the Balkans …

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I’m led down the stairs behind a bar. The lights are a bit weak but I can make out a door to the right at the bottom and some kind of big-ass freezer directly in front that I pay no attention to. We take our shoes off and Milos leads me into the Koper BJJ […]