Comments on: About This Blog

By: belgradestreets

belgradestreets — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:51:14 +0000

A great blog, I nominated it for a “Versatile Bloggers Award” http://belgradestreets.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/the-versatile-blogger-award/ …keep up the great work

By: Milorad

Milorad — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:37:40 +0000

Hello Bill,

I think that your blog is great, even if I dont like blogs, but yours is quiet interesting.

Do you visit Republika Srpska in Bosnia allready? Belgrade, Novi Sad, Nis, etc are nice cities with interesting people and great places, but if you´re really interested in Serbia, than you will find the serbs in Bosnia super interesting. Banja Luka, but also Bijeljina or Zvornik (where my mother is from) are such nice places with so kind and warm-hearted people.

Try and see =)

By: Kraljica (queen)

Kraljica (queen) — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 03:53:51 +0000

Your name definitely sounds slavic and I know that any slavic name ending in C is pronounced as TS or CH. The OV means belonging to in Slavic languages, similar to the English OF.
I think your last name starting with Kral means king. I know that Kralj is king in Serbian. You probably had some high ranking people in your ancestry.

Nice website and beautiful pictures.

By: Luci Blizzard

Luci Blizzard — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 02:55:16 +0000

Hi Bill,
I came across your blog today while trying to find some history on Serbia.
I have been researching information on my family on Ancestry.com and discovered my grandmother was actually born in Gajdobra, Serbia. I had previously understood she was born in Austria or Yugoslavia. But I found a piece of paper she’d written her birth information on for my dad that read: “Shrem, Gajdobra, Yugoslavia.” Gajdobra is now in Serbia since all the changes across Europe over the last century.
My family settled in Gajdobra after my grandfather (5 greats or so back) emigrated from Luxemburg to Gajdobra (perhaps down the Danube).
I have decided to write about her life in a novel but need a better understanding of the culture, land, and people.
Thanks for your writing.
I hope to read more since traveling there isn’t in the near future.
Luci

By: Jacob Kuykendall

Jacob Kuykendall — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 14:31:31 +0000

Bill,
Just came across your interesting Blog on Serbia. Just before the break-up, I had the occasion to visit Belgrade several times in an attempt to help implement a power grid management system to centrally control and manage the power grid of all of the regions of Yugoslavia. I was working with some interesting folks from Genex. Needless to say, the project never came to pass but I came away with some unforgettable experiences. Having grown up on an Indian reservation in Northern Wisconsin, I came away with a great appreciation of how Serbia got to be where it is today.

Keep up the good work.

Jacob

By: Ashley Gibbs

Ashley Gibbs — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 03:29:48 +0000

COACH K!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Its Ashley Gibbs from Perth…. COACH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Blake Ainley and i reminisce and talk about you all the time and have been trying to find you for years!!! hows everything going?? miss you large coach, miss the scrimmages with the commentary BULLS VS LAKERS final minutes!!! hows life coach?? hopeful chat soon!!!

BEST TEACHER ANYONE COULD ASK FOR!!!!

By: billkralovec

billkralovec — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 08:56:07 +0000

I miss the sweeping vistas of the canyons of central Anzoategui. All three of our children were born while we were working in Anaco and we have fond memories our the Escuela Anaco camp life. It is sad that the Chavistas chased out all of the foreign companies except the Chinese. I feel that Anaco is less of a place because of the loss of expatriate community.

By: Stalin

Stalin — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 00:01:59 +0000

Congratulations for your great family, i´m from Anaco Venezuela, God Bless your family, and keep yours together.
Regards…

By: Kiki

Kiki — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 14:12:50 +0000

This is the second time I’ve stumbled upon your blog. First time I wasn’t in Serbia yet. I love your blog though! You have a good situation about you and a beautiful family to put the icing on the cake! Congrats!

Glad to be here in Serbia, though! And glad to be reading your blog! Subscription here I come!

Cheers, Bill!

By: billkralovec

billkralovec — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 14:49:56 +0000

I’ve not heard much about foreigners adopting children in Serbia. I interviewed someone who worked for Familia – The Association for Alternative Famly Care, which is a NGO that works on children and social welfare issues. (www.familia.org.rs) They might be some help to you.