tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2344981180035127840.post8851622708315083437..comments2023-05-09T06:52:16.263-07:00Comments on Neighborhood Watch: Reflections on a Balkan VacationChristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14762814181349108405noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2344981180035127840.post-49041505536666740852011-11-24T22:07:41.547-08:002011-11-24T22:07:41.547-08:00Hi Christy,
I stumbled upon your blog searching ...Hi Christy, <br /><br />I stumbled upon your blog searching for "Balkan Vacation"... I am planning a trip next summer and am trying to decide whether to plan for London and the UK, or Croatia and Bosnia and beyond... I'd appreciate it very much if you would like to contact me via email. My address is nicole.redding@gmail.com. I know NOTHING about travelling in eastern Europe and would like to know how you got around. Thanks! -NicoleNicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13242236075509526877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2344981180035127840.post-7369220087518639372011-07-15T09:38:52.968-07:002011-07-15T09:38:52.968-07:00Thanks, Tracy! Didn't Slavenka Drakulic come a...Thanks, Tracy! Didn't Slavenka Drakulic come and speak while we were at KU? I know I've seen her do a reading before.Christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14762814181349108405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2344981180035127840.post-33302078699446287912011-07-15T08:43:09.971-07:002011-07-15T08:43:09.971-07:00It's called
S., a Novel of the Balkans
by Sla...It's called <br />S., a Novel of the Balkans<br />by Slavenka Drakulic<br /><br />It's about the rape camps, a fictional first-person account based on interviews the author did, published only a couple years after it happened. Gripping and horrible.tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06620325789994488046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2344981180035127840.post-49513651465718805832011-07-14T08:24:13.928-07:002011-07-14T08:24:13.928-07:00That final paragraph is exactly why I am happy you...That final paragraph is exactly why I am happy you travel and blog about it. Beautiful.lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00274006008564412040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2344981180035127840.post-6368868581240347762011-07-14T07:17:26.607-07:002011-07-14T07:17:26.607-07:00Thanks, Tracy. This really meant a lot to me! I...Thanks, Tracy. This really meant a lot to me! I'd be interested in the title of the book you're reading so I can put it on my list.Christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14762814181349108405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2344981180035127840.post-34812838579018890222011-07-14T07:15:45.250-07:002011-07-14T07:15:45.250-07:00I'm so glad to be reading this. I feel like I&...I'm so glad to be reading this. I feel like I've been waiting on the edge of my seat for your encapsulated description of this trip--a place I realize now has not been on my radar of travel destinations any more, as it was before the war(s).<br /><br />As I mentioned to you earlier, I'm reading a devastating novel about the war, so your gorgeous description of this region's comeback nearly brought me to tears by the end. That this place of such atrocity among neighbors could bounce back and offer stability to its own and hospitality to outsiders--even as the war crimes tribunals are still happening--gives me real hope.<br /><br />Thank you for sharing this and letting the rest of us experience it vicariously.tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06620325789994488046noreply@blogger.com