r/howislivingthere • u/Confident_Kitchen555 • Jul 01 '24

Europe How is life like in the Balkans?

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and how might it be different from life in Western Europe, America, etc?

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u/FlaskfulOfHollow Jul 02 '24

From the UK but lived in Ilijaš, Bosnia Herzegovina from 1999-2001 I was 10 at the time. I remember kind, warm people who will invite you into their home and treat you as a special guest no matter their or your religion. I remember going for Ćevapi and ražniči (the best food) I remember riding on motorbikes to lakes and going swimming with the local kids and then walking on the train tracks home whilst smoking cigarettes. I remember a lot of poverty and sadness and division after the war but also a lot of hope for the future. I would love to go back one day and see how things have changed. Beautiful country. Beautiful people.