Travels through History - The Balkans
Journeys in the former Yugoslavia
Nonfiction, Travel, Europe, Eastern Europe
| Author: | Julian Worker | ISBN: | 9781785385148 |
| Publisher: | Andrews UK | Publication: | May 18, 2016 |
| Imprint: | AG Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Julian Worker |
| ISBN: | 9781785385148 |
| Publisher: | Andrews UK |
| Publication: | May 18, 2016 |
| Imprint: | AG Books |
| Language: | English |
The Macedonians build a fountain and upset the Greeks. Villages on the road to Lake Ohrid fly Albanian flags instead of Macedonian ones. Kosovan taxi drivers believe fundamentalists are being sponsored in their country by former foes. Dubrovnik is so popular a one-way system is now in operation on the city walls. In Sarajevo, the place the First World War started is not easy to find, but evidence of more recent atrocities is. Memories are long in The Balkans, contrasts and contradictions are all around. History is always in your face, reminding you nothing stays the same for long in this most fascinating corner of Europe.
The Macedonians build a fountain and upset the Greeks. Villages on the road to Lake Ohrid fly Albanian flags instead of Macedonian ones. Kosovan taxi drivers believe fundamentalists are being sponsored in their country by former foes. Dubrovnik is so popular a one-way system is now in operation on the city walls. In Sarajevo, the place the First World War started is not easy to find, but evidence of more recent atrocities is. Memories are long in The Balkans, contrasts and contradictions are all around. History is always in your face, reminding you nothing stays the same for long in this most fascinating corner of Europe.
