It is a mountain range in southeastern Europe surrounded by five seas: to the west, the Adriatic and Ionian, to the south, the Aegean, and to the east, the Marmara and the Black Sea.
In these Balkans are the countries of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, the Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia (including the new Kosovo), and Turkey.
Of them, seven form the FORMER YUGOSLAVIA: Serbia and Montenegro, Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, and the beautiful Slovenia, which is in the Alps. Albania and Kosovo are on this peninsula, but they are not Yugoslav. At least… not yet.
The first Kingdom of Yugoslavia was created in 1918 with the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes. Then came World War II, and from 1945 to 1998, the Socialist Republic (read “socio-communist” with Josip Broz, “Marshal Tito”), who was not a good friend of the Georgian and Soviet “Stalin.” Starting in 1992, there were free elections, and the countries forming this Republic began to separate from this union and request, separately, their admission to the European Union. In fact, Croatia (in 2003) and Slovenia (in 2004) already are.
And now, where to go in those places? I guarantee that all these countries have been very peaceful for years and deserve to be visited.
Their landscapes, with mountains, valleys, and lakes, are very beautiful, and despite being quite mountainous, even on the Adriatic coast, their roads are quite acceptable.
There are “gems” like Ljubljana, Dubrovnik, Skopje, Sarajevo, Mostar, Kotor, or the lively Zagreb and Belgrade that do invite you to enjoy them at leisure.
I recommend touring it! I’ll tell you more tomorrow!
Until next time.
Edu.
