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Travels through History – The Balkans

I have written seven books about the history of places I have travelled to. If you are interested in history and / or travel then you should check out these books. Please bear in mind the books are travelogues rather than travel guides and so cover only the places I visited. Here is the oneContinue reading “Travels through History – The Balkans”

Travels through History – The Balkans

Travels through History: Journeys in the former Yugoslavia – Sarajevo

This excerpt from the book about my travels in The Balkans Now it was time for me to find the place where the first World War started on the street by the river. On their wedding anniversary, June 28th 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and his wife, Sophie,Continue reading “Travels through History: Journeys in the former Yugoslavia – Sarajevo”

Offbeat Magazine – Travel Article on Sarajevo

Offbeat Travel Magazine has published a travel article of mine about Sarajevo – the story can be found here.

Sarajevo city guide: 10 of the best art and design-inspired destinations

Where WWI started

At 10:10 am, Franz Ferdinand’s car approached Nedeljko Cabrinovic, one of five assassins in Sarajevo that day, where he was standing on the riverside road. Cabrinovic threw his bomb at the car. Sadly for Cabrinovic, and many other people, the bomb bounced off the folded-back convertible cover into the street. The bomb’s timed detonatorContinue reading “Where WWI started”

Zlatna Ribica Cafe in Sarajevo, Bosnia

The cafe called Zlatna Ribica is on a small side street called Kaptol just off the main Marsala Tita avenue. Nothing can really prepare the visitor for the inside of this amazing cafe, which looks at first glance like a bric-a-brac shop that has branched out into catering. There is a large mirror on oneContinue reading “Zlatna Ribica Cafe in Sarajevo, Bosnia”