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Sarajevo
The next morning, Tammy and I got up early to catch the 8am train to Sarajevo from Mostar. The train ride provided spectacular views of Bosnia Herzegovina. As we soon would find out, the views from the train are only a taste of what could be found in the countryside of this and surrounding countries. The morning sun bursting over the mountain tops …
SNIPER ALLEY, THEN AND NOW
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Turkish cooking lesson! The grandmother and her grandson were the stars: the one with the cooking tips; the other, providing the translation about whether the boys or the girls were doing the best. We had to stuff rings of onion, collard and small peppers. There was a short break before dinner was served. We each got two of the prepared servings. There was a little salad and bread to soak up the excellent juices. White wine polished off the ...
Istanbul of the West
... wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_S arajevo), just as there were in Mostar, but there were also constant reminders of rebuilding/re-defining the modern era. There is much that I could still write about my thoughts of the Yugoslav Civil Wars, but I will only share two stories/memories from my experience in Sarajevo. I visited Sarajevo's Kovaci Cemetery for the Martyrs honoring those who died during the Bosnian War. These were headstones and graves marking ...
A raisin in the sun
... wool-coated and kerchiefed old women sit on buckets by the curb selling handpicked herbs tied into small bunches. It's getting very hot on the streets. I retreat to nurse my nascent sun stroke with a travarica in the cool of my hotel room and read West's chapter about the assassination of the Archduke. It reads like a script from the Keystone Kops; no official blunder too small not to commit, fatal hubris and no shortage of second, third and fourth ...
Birthdays in Sarajevo
... While we were at the castle we were able to see tanks that were used in the war, we also happened to find an old broom and took some pretty awesome broom flying pictures. We also adopted a stray dog, who followed us on our hour long walk home and stayed outside of our hostel that night. The next morning was a big bus day, and it also happened to be Dallas and Adams birthday. We surpassed them by decorating the bus with gallons and a happy ...