One of the worlds most beautiful cities that came close to
destruction during the tragic Balkan War, the event we have to thank for the term
ethnic cleansing. Sarajevo was home to all ethnic groups in Yugoslavia: Catholic Croatians, Protestant Serbs, and Muslim Bosnians. Then Serb nationalists started a war with the Bosnians, and also got the Croatians caught up in it. The city of Bosnia remained ethnically diverse, with many Serbs choosing to defend it alongside Bosnians, but relations have been strained by Serb war crimes (slaughtering thousands of unarmed civilians in the largest mass murder since
the Holocaust) and Bosnian war crimes (burning of Churches, excecution of all Croatian and Serbian POWs). The city is being rebuilt, and has come a long way. Everyone should go there sometime.
Sarajevo is once again one of
the greatest cities in Europe. It's got
everything: sights, good hotels,
good food, good booze, beautiful women, and friendly people. It's coming back. Hopefuly New Orleans can do the same.