Travel in the Balkans

Europe — By Bob Riel on March 26, 2006 at 5:46 pm

Nice trio of travel articles in the Sunday Washington Post about the Balkan countries of Croatia, Bosnia and Montenegro:

But as striking as the panoramas are in this part of the world, there’s something deeper than aesthetics going on. Here, in the overlooked southeastern corner of Europe that once stood for brutal warfare but is now a savagely beautiful vacation land, there’s also the sensation of teetering on the brink. This is where worlds meet or, more accurately, collide – in nearly every sense and with intense passion: East and West, North and South, Christianity and Islam, Europe and the Mediterranean.