From Zagreb it is a three hour drive to Jasenovac, the site of a WWII concentration camp on the border between Croatia and Bosnia, where the CONRERS Balkan Xpedition made their first stop. Read Una Bauers account here.

Moving on to Sirogojno in Serbia, the group experienced the Balkan way of travelling: with only 6hrs delay the arrived in the old village in the mountainous Zlatibor region situated in teh vast woodlands of Southwest Serbia. Thanks to the team of the Open Museum who greeted the hungry guests with pečene paprike (baked peppers), chicken fillets and lenja pita (lazy pie) at 2 o’clock in the morning.
The Old Village works as an open air museum, covering nearly 15 hectares with authentic elements of ordinary life collected from all over the Zlatibor region from the 19th century. The ethno-village displays a set of traditional wooden buildings, including a bakery, a dairy, and an inn, all in authentic form.

On Tuesday 17th, the group visits nearby Užice to learn about urban legends and mingle with the locals.