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More Questions about 3 Weeks in the Balkans

Hey guys!

About a week ago, I asked for advice on a May trip I'm planning in the Balkans. Y'all offered a bunch of awesome advice, criticism, and suggestions. Based on that, I reevaluated both my itinerary and my approach to this whole thing. Here is my new plan:

(1-3 Days) Fly into Tirana, Albania and wait for the whole group to arrive and meet-up
(2-4 Days) Bus to Shkoder then spend a few days doing the Koman Lake Ferry/Valbona/Teth adventure, eventually returning to Shkoder
This leaves about 14-16 days. From here I am not sure how many days to spend in each location (suggestions?), but the general plan is bus to Podgorica, then Kotor --> Mostar --> Sarajevo. I'd also like to go to Novi Sad/Belgrade, but I'm not sure if that is too much. All of those places seem relatively well connected by bus. These seems like a much more reasonable plan than I had before, but I'd love to hear what you guys think.

Thank you!

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@ scythian...Since you show your town's name, my question is this: Does one still use the name "Raab" to describe your town? Are the two names interchangeable?

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Thanks very much for your answer.

True that on the list of battles indicated on the Arch of Triomph "Raab" is listed. You're correct in that Napoleon himself was not at Raab but it was his step-son Eugene in command who defeated the Austrians in 1809, the year of "Habsburg resurgence."

In English the site name for that event in 1809 is referred to as "Raab."

I hear Germans/Austrians call places now in Hungary, (depends where too) by their German names as they appear on German language maps, such as Plattensee, Fünfkirchen. just as Hungarians would say Pozsony.