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Book Lover’s Guide to Serbia: Novi Sad & Subotica

October 16, 2016

Five nights in Belgrade and we’re off again, this time to Novi Sad and then Subotica. Up here to the north of Serbia, the architecture shifts and changes, the c...

Babbling Abroad

Book Lover’s Guide to Serbia: Belgrade

October 8, 2016

Continuing our adventures across Eastern Europe, we spent 4 nights in the Serbian capital of Belgrade. We learned about Tesla, Yugoslavia, and Serbia’s troubled...

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The lovely Helen from @abookishbaker has opened up a conversation about this topic today and it has kept me thinking all day. Whenever I create something I'm proud of I try to work up the courage to share it, then I post it, and then message @unfinishedbookshelf while lying on the floor. As though occupying a strange space can protect me from the criticism I am sure will come (but strangely, never really does).⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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So... at the end of all that, what I REALLY wanted to share is that I have written a blog post to accompany my creative journal video. An entire year in the making, I am so proud that I was able to stick to a goal and create something really special. LINK IN MY PROFILE :D #beingbrave
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