{"id":40219,"date":"2021-10-04T20:11:33","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T20:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/?p=40219"},"modified":"2024-09-12T19:22:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T19:22:28","slug":"traveler-spotlight-what-its-like-to-travel-to-the-balkans-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/traveler-spotlight-what-its-like-to-travel-to-the-balkans-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Traveler Spotlight: What It\u2019s Like to Travel to the Balkans Now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Natalie and Kurt Hesse recently completed their second MIR trip \u2013 a private journey across seven Balkan<\/a> nations including Croatia<\/a>, Montenegro<\/a>, Albania<\/a>, North Macedonia<\/a>, Kosovo<\/a>, Serbia<\/a>, and Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/a> in August 2021. We caught up with them to learn more about their impressions of the region and what it’s like traveling to the Balkans during the pandemic.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

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Natalie and Kurt Hesse on a private journey across seven Balkan nations. Photo credit: Natalie Hesse<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
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How is it traveling these days?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Honestly, it was much easier than we expected. We flew Lufthansa from Detroit to Frankfurt and onward to Split. We only had to show our vaccine card at check in, in Detroit. No Covid test was required for Lufthansa for entry into Germany or Croatia if you are fully vaccinated, although MIR recommended we get a negative PCR test as a precaution which we did, as requirements can change at any time.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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What was it like at the international airports?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The transfer of our outbound flight was very easy. We landed and departed from the \u201ctransfer\u201d area\/terminal (Z gates) in Frankfurt so there was no need for us to go through customs to enter the EU for our onward flight to Split, Croatia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We again transferred through Frankfurt from Dubrovnik in the same transfer terminal for our flight home. We had to show our negative Covid test (required to enter the USA) at the counter in Dubrovnik, and again at a special screening line in Frankfurt which, at the time we passed through, was chaotic. Once again, we did not have to go through customs at Frankfurt, which was great and a time saver.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

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  • \n \"Dubrovnik's <\/li>\n
  • \n \"Mirogoj <\/li>\n
  • \n \"Apollonia, <\/li>\n
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