No holding back, Islam comes to the Balkans

By the end of the previous essay, I’d broadly covered the wall of time from a few centuries BCE until about the middle of the 11th century and, I hope, painted a mural that, while lacking in detail, provided a …

A Brief Overview of Balkan History

In my 2015 journal from Scandinavia, I expressed surprise at the impact events in those three Nordic countries had on so much of European and, by extension, American history. Well, you can’t understand the Balkans without knowing its history. And …

Luft-off – Flying to and arriving in Dubrovnik

Welcome back. It’s been more than a year since my last adventure and more than a month since I’ve returned from the 2016 excursion. As always, my plan is to take you along with me – this time to Croatia, …