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European Ecstasy

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European Ecstasy Having now travelled through Europe I thought it fitting to write a small list linking to the articles of the places we've been to (and a few bonus extras!) Gloucester and Durdle Door, United Kingdom Durdle Door on the Devon Coastline Split, Croatia Bell Tower at Diocletian's Palace Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mostar and the surrounding Herzegovina The Dervish House at Blagaj, Herzegovina Dubrovnik, Croatia Dubrovnik's Old City Harbour at Dusk Montenegro, Podgorica and Kotor St John's Fortress, Kotor Church of the Ressurection, Podgorica Kosovo, Peje and Prizren Mountain Views in Peje Old Bridge and Sinan Pasha Mosque, Prizren Skopje, Macedonia St Clement of Ohrid Church, Skopje Istanbul, Turkey Hagia Sophia, Istanbul Extras! I had an article published about our time in the Balkans (so all apart from Istanbul, have a read here, see what we did and maybe you can have a...

Beautiful Bosnia

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Beautiful Bosnia I didn't really know what to expect when we were going to Bosnia. We'd made our way up the coast from Split before cutting across the Bosnian border. The journey there was beautiful winding our way along the blue sea past lots of little villages and farms. On the way to Mostar there were two border crossings (one from Croatia and one from Bosnia). The whole journey was rather long, mostly taken up by the border crossings. Upon arriving in Mostar we were even more unsure of what to expect as we felt very uneasy on our arrival, there were a few beggars around the bus station, the main road that we had to follow was being dug up in it's entirety, and several of the buildings were riddled with bullet holes. We were slightly convinced we'd come to the wrong place. However whilst walking down the broken road we saw many glimpses of the Old Town that had undergone much restoration in the early 2000s. Large photo to show the divide Context To pro...