Enjoying the stories of a visit to the Balkans on the blog 501 Places. Andy Jaroz at 501 Places is a thoughtful writer, whose articles are interesting in the first place. Now he's just spent a month in Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Hercegovina and Croatia, a part of the world more fascinating than most. You can read several articles about his trip now on 501 Places, and he promises there are more to come.
In 1993, after the collapse of the Enver Hoxha regime and shortly after Americans were again allowed to visit Albania, we spent a couple of days there. And after the war was safely over, we visited Sarajevo, then
manned by the U.N.'s SFOR, or Stabilization Force. Our Holiday Inn bill
was payable in cash in advance, in Deutschmarks, there were bullet holes in the carpet and the only construction in town was busting down curbs at intersections to build wheelchair
ramps.
We have earnestly meant to make it back - but never have - so it's great to see Andy's stories now.
(See our photos from the region in the Former Yugoslavia and Albania, 1993 Galleries at EarthPhotos.com.)
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