Mostar and Medjugorje (27 to 30 June 2018)

Beautiful Mostar has the unfortunate distinction of being the most heavily bombed of any Bosnian city during the war following the disintegration of Yugoslavia. When Bosnian and Herzegovina (BiH) declared independence, Serbian Army forces besieged…

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Srebrenica

We visited Srebrenica as a day trip from Sarajevo.  It is not the town which is of significance, but the events which occurred here in July 1995.  It was accepted wisdom after WW2 that genocide…

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Sarajevo (24 to 27 June 2018)

For centuries, Sarajevo was a central point on trade routes linking east and west.  Its position gave it economic and strategic importance and a constant influx of ideas, cultures and ethnicities.  Conquered by the Ottomans…

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