Category: Europe
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Sarajevo
“I’m 38 and I still don’t like the sound of fireworks. Or thunder.” In 1984 Sarajevo was on top of the world. As host for the 1984 Winter Olympics, the world’s media, dignitaries and sports stars such as figure skaters Torvill and Dean descended on the city, which accommodated them in style. The Games were…
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Belgrade
“He can’t be reversing on the motorway.” He – the bus driver – had missed the exit, shortly before the Serbian border. The bus was now parked on a Croatian motorway, cars zipping by in the faster lanes. There was no hard shoulder. The bus conductor peered out the window and muttered something indecipherable to…
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Ljubljana
Slovenia: a mountainous land covered in lush green forests. Crystal blue waters flow through its rivers and a fairy-tale church is perched on an island amidst its largest lake, Lake Bled. This country, the first of the former Yugoslav countries to declare independence, is scarcely 30 years old, but its people are proud of its…
Somewhere Must Be Doing It Better 