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November 4th 2010
Published: November 4th 2010
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Ahoj! Last Tuesday, one of my craziest travel adventures began, a trip to the Balkans. Since Thursday, October 28, is one of the Czechs’ national holidays, celebrating the anniversary of Czechoslovakia’s freedom from the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the creation of Czechoslovakia, we had our “Fall Break,” so Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday off. For this break, Alex, Calan and I decided t... Read Full Entry



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Sarajevo

The Old Town.
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Sarajevo

The Old Town.
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Sarajevo

A mosque.
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Sarajevo

Strolling through the streets.
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Sarajevo

The city expands up onto the hills that surround it.
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Sarajevo

Building a new mosque.
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Bullet-Holes

Normal to see on the outsides of buildings.
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Destroyed Building

From a bomb, probably.
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Bullet-Holes

Just on regular apartment buildings.
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Bullet-Holes

Completely hit by machine guns. Hard to imagine some of my friends grew up with that as their childhood.
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Catholic Church

Right by a mosque.
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Rebuilding

This is the site I talked about where they're rebuilding something big.
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Museum

Sarajevo's museum.
Our CarOur Car
Our Car

Of course, we get a Skoda, a car from the Czech Republic!
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Leaving Sarajevo

Exiting the region.
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Entering Konjic

On the way to southern Bosnia.
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Bosnia

Driving to the south.
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Southern Bosnia

A little bit different atmosphere, eh?



4th November 2010

Love it and the pictures too!
5th November 2010

Love the pictures! So funny that there was a Florida car there - there was a Graz car down my street! Matthew, I can't believe you are the designated navigator!!!!!! Are you planning your trip to Austria for the scary Christmas parade?? Can't wait to see you! xok
5th November 2010

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Wonderful blog!!!!!!!!!! Do you send this to the Fulbright Scholarship people??? They should be compiling all these blogs for a book!!!! Love, Nannyy

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