November 2008: Traveling to Bosnia was one of the highlights of my two weeklong backpacking trip across the Balkans with my friend Dan because I was able to put faces and names to the victims, I watched in the news reports during the 90s when I was a young kid. I not...

November 2008: As part of a 17-day trip across the Balkans, my friend Dan and I spent 3 days in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Dubrovnik and its old city dating back to the 7th century made of marble and stone seated along the picturesque mountainous of Adriatic Coast was an...

November 2008: As part of a two-week journey through the Balkans and Eastern Europe, my friend Dan and I visited Montenegro, one of the world’s newest countries. Formerly part of Yugoslavia, Montenegro gained independence in 2006. We traveled overland by public bus...

November 2008: Visiting Athens and standing before the ancient Acropolis, with its towering Parthenon, was a must-do for me—just as it is for most travelers. The Acropolis, dating back thousands of years to the 5th century B.C., is one of those landmarks you see...