A Balkan came to town: A Croatian friend of mine came for a visit last weekend. At his request, I took him to San Francisco to see the city. As I had expected, this European became smitten by the lively and liberal atmosphere in San Francisco. SF’s architecture and sporadic narrow alleys reminded him of [...]
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Bosnia’s three new presidents
Yup, you saw it right. Bosnia will have three brand new presidents. This three-member-rotating presidency was created by Dayton Accords after the war in Bosnia. The three-president sytem reflects Bosnia’s division into three parts: Republic of Serbia (Serbs) and the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina (Bosniaks and Croats). Residents of Republic of Serbia can only vote for [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Photo: Somun and soup
Reader’s comment: The bread seen in the photo is “somun” and not “pita”. The pita breads usually come with the famous cevapi. In this meal, they are served with Bosnian traditional soup. [will ask Na. for the name of the soup.] Tags: Balkan, BeyondSarajevo, Bosnia, Food, Sarajevo
Read the rest of this entry »Learning Bosnian
One reader sent me an email asking me for tips in learning Bosnian as well as recommend books, software to download. Well, I’m not a very good person to ask because I didn’t make any progress with my Bosnian. To summarize, I sucked! However, I can write about how I actually learned Bosnian, what I [...]
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