The morning of October 18th, 2017 was a cold morning in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Kenric and I were at the Sarajevo Funky Tours‘ office to meet our guide,…
Tag: Balkans
The Siege of Sarajevo
On this day (April 5th) in 1992 began the siege of Sarajevo. The civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina would drag on until 1995. Below are the statistics published by the Sarajevo…
Time Travel to the Ottoman Period in Skopje
We walked to the mid-15th century inn for people in the caravans. It would be amazing to time travel to the Ottoman period to see what this place was like.
Dubrovnik Tidbits
Hello from King’s Landing where Kenric is forced to perform the Walk of Atonement as a punishment for running out of cat treats. Shame! Shame! Shame! In Dubrovnik, you just can’t escape…
Sarajevo Tidbits
Cheers! We’re staying in the old town area of Sarajevo called Bascarsija. Around the corner is a British pub named Cheers where nobody knows our names. Museum of Crimes Against Humanity and…
Srebrenica: It Was A Genocide, And It Happened
I thank you on behalf of all the victims for reading this. I thank you just as they thanked me for visiting the their memorial cemetery and museum today; for the simple act of learning and sharing their stories.
Rebound and Prosper
Twenty two years after the war ended, many buildings have been rebuilt, but many remain bombed-out shells. I hope Mostar continues to rebound and prosper.
Split Tidbits
Hello from the Adriatic Sea. Drifting Further Away From Sanity We are in Split, Croatia. On the 122nd day of this trip, we finally got to eat a semi-homemade meal. Bought some…
Ruth Gleaned in the Field
The Torah/Bible speaks of the commandment to let those less fortunate glean from the corners of one’s fields. So cool to see the old ways surviving today.