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Originally uploaded by sipp
Come on over to Flickr and check out the pics I uploaded!
Some highlights:
1. Dubrovnik, Croatia (The last episode of the Amazing Race featured it, if you watch that) – the old town walls and the orange-tiled roofs. Hard to believe such a beautiful place was under siege for 7 months in 1991. Most of the orange tiles are replacements; one photo shows a map with black dots that note where all the damage was.
2. Mostar, Bosnia – An interesting town – a river literally runs through it – both the physical part of the city and the ethnic lines: Catholic Croats on one side, Bosniak Muslims on the other. The original bridge (Stari Most) was built in the 16th century, and destroyed during the war in Bosnia-Hercegovina in 1993. It was fully rebuilt and opened in 2004, and was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site. Also – many of the buildings were still in ruins – and even if they were not ruins, the facades were marked with pockmarks from shrapnel/shelling; not to mention the figurative scars on the people that survived the other despicable events of the war…It was an amazing place to be.
3. Ljubljana, Slovenia – the graffiti – and the horse steak….(before and after photos). lol.
4. Venice, Italy – there are a TON of pictures of Venice. St Mark’s Square was gorgeous. And you’ll see many from the Rialto fish market. Too bad I couldn’t pipe in the smell. For someone that does NOT eat fish – it was an assault on the senses (though, I am sure it is much, much worse in summer) – but it was fascinating, a good lesson in Marine Biology…
