Balkan Highlights From
Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia,
Bosnia, Croatia, & Slovenia
Bucharest's Palace of Parliament, arguably the most evil
building in Romania and our entire planet.  This was to be the
palace of Nicolae Ceausecu, Romania's Communist dictator,
who was overthrown and executed in a bloody 1989 revolution.
Ceausecu may be gone, but this structure remains, second
only to the Pentagon in size.  A gigantic challenge to
photograph.
Bulgaria's Rila Monastery, a thousand year old World
Heritage Site, is the country's greatest, revered holy shrine of
the Orthodox Church.  Its fresco paintings are among the
most vivid and clolorful I've ever seen and been able to
photograph in the entire Christian world.  Above is Jesus.        
The former Yugoslavia was torn apart by civil wars in the
first half of the 1990s.  Many new countries emerged after
the shooting stopped.  Suffering and destruction were
greatest in Bosnia, whose proper name is Bosnia and
Hercegovina.  Sarajevo, the capital, was under a long and
bloody siege.  This picture is one of recovery from Mostar,
whose legendary 16th century Old Bridge was destroyed and
then rebuilt.
Table of Contents
Romania
Bulgaria
Belgrade, Serbia
Croatia
Bosnia and Hercegovina
Slovenia
If you have a high speed internet connection, watch the
Intrepid Berkeley Explorer's free video of this trip,
"Draculas Neighborhood", by clicking on AdventurePics.com
.