Monthly Archives: June 2018

If you spell ‘European’ with both an ‘e’ and an ‘i’ you’ve got it covered.

The wall to the right has a markedly different color and surface than the far wall because it was rebuilt after the 1999 bombing. A docent explained there were Serbian military people on the other side of the wall and … Continue reading →

On the walkway in the park on my way to the fortress where the Military Museum is located there are numerous kiosks selling souvenirs. At the first one I saw I was surprised and amused to see so many different … Continue reading →

Yesterday when I asked the docent at the Aviation Museum where the F-117 parts I’d come to see were he carefully detailed the F-16 and F-117 pieces they have on display at the Aviation Museum, but at the time I … Continue reading →

  When I was walking up the hill towards the museum I was musing about being a 16-year-old and hearing at youth hostels that it was possible to pick grapes in Yugoslavia in the autumn and so remain in Europe. … Continue reading →

Check out the façade as well as the slate around the fountain. The museum complex is all like this, as was the Aviation Museum, as were the museums in Sarajevo and Podgorica. On the other hand museums I saw in … Continue reading →

I find the wording here really interesting, especially given the dedication date. In Novi Sad I spent a long time talking with a Serb who’d grown up in Bosnia. When I told him I’d been to Srebrenica he gave a … Continue reading →

The museum has definitely seen better days. The entrance has something of a post-apocalyptic look to it, with the steps cracking, weeds growing through the tiles, the facade of the building decaying. The large collection of aircraft is growing quite … Continue reading →