The Balkan Peninsula comprises the countries formerly known as Yugoslavia (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Croatia), and includes Bulgaria, Greece, and parts of Turkey. Some people also consider Romania and parts of Slovenia as part of the Balkans.
It is an area steeped in a complicated history, home to majestic mountains, and bordered by the Adriatic Sea.
A steady drizzle falls from the sky like soft tears onto the pavement. The delicate persistence darkened the red splashes of a Sarajevo rose at my feet. This rose is a wound in the pavement created by a mortar explosion during the siege of Sarajevo. The explosions left behind craters and blast marks. Local artists […]
