Bosnia, Winter 2000-2001

Bosnia countryside:  a few pictures from driving around the countryside in the winter....

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1. Road back to Sarajevo from Mostar, along the Neretva.  You can see the same section of road from the air below.

2. More sheep.

3. Along the way back to Sarajevo after skiing at Jahorina.

Bosnia from the air:  a few pictures from an SFOR helicopter flight that Julie took.

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4.The Neretva river, between Jablanica and Mostar

5. More of the Neretva.  The road you see is the one we take from Sarajevo to the Adriatic Coast in Croatia.

6. Some old stone walls in Herzegovina.

Eastern Republika Srpska

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7. Along the road to Srebrenica.

8. "Arkan" left his mark here.

9. Nothing extraordinary about this house.

Sarajevo in Winter:  A few pictures from around the house this winter

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10. Earnestly using the scraper on the way to work in the morning 

11.View down the street.

12. A welcome home from Julie during another snowstorm.

13. Typical Julie position.  She tends to fall asleep early, and the insulation isn't very good.

Skiing at Jahorina, site of the '84 Olympics

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14. Julie's first day on skis.

16 and 17. At the top of Jahorina.

18. Italian SFOR on the road.

Sarajevo at night: some pictures of Sarajevo's Baščaršija area at night, taken in January, 2001.

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19. Main square of the Baščaršija

20. Old Ottoman-style stores, looking towards yet another Mosque.

21. Clock tower behind snow-covered branches.

22. Old mosque in the shadows.

The town of Donji Malovan

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23.Beautiful Mount Malovan in the background, destroyed Serb Orthodox church in the foreground.

24. Probably shouldn't go back here.

25. An idyllic pastoral scene from Malovan.  Apparently, sheep are also effective for mine-clearing.

26. One of the inhabited houses this winter in D. Malovan.

27. The road to Split and the Adriatic coast, which goes through D. Malovan.

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28. "Serb" is spray-painted on the wall of this house.

29. "Please don't go into that house."

30. The exclamation point means that you shouldn't go any further, because the area could be mined.  Our friend Vince is standing where he shouldn't be.

31. Despite the destruction, it's still a beautiful place.

32. Vince talking to a returnee.

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