Annnnd Croatia! (or more specifically, dubrovnik)

I will sum up Dubrovnik (beach town and popular tourist destination, formally its own country and the second nation in the world to recognize the United States back in the day), in one word. Lots of stairs. and i mean..its a city of stairs. its also in a fortress. but besides that, its one of the most beautiful places i have ever been. I wish it was possible to bottles scents, because the amazing smells are nearly impossible to describe. but imagine orange blossoms, honey suckle, lavendar (lots of lavendar) and lilacs and some roses and just all sorts of olfactory wonderment. The people here are so relaxed and nice and everyone speaks english which is sorta sad for me because i enjoy the cross communication challenge-ness. But in terms of being affected by the war, Croatians seem to be a wee bit more chill than serbians. that only applies to the common person on the street however. We ventured into this alley bar called Africa one night and there just happened to be a unit of the Croatian Special Forces. most of them were more than happy to talk about their role in the war etc, but some of them were very touchy about Serbness more so that hardcore nationalist serbs. The difference comparitivley speaking between the two types of nationalisms, is that Croatians seem to be more ˝our country is so great and beautiful for these reasons...˝ Serbs are more őur country is strong and powerful and better than all other nations˝so its a bit more hardcore, but i'm not trying to stereotype or anything. Its hard to describe the various emotions and feelings and situations that occur here too. I believe though that in order to get a feel for it you really have to come here and experiance it for yourself.
In a few weeks i'm going to Kosovo and Macedonia for the weekend which will prove to be an interesting experiance in itself.