I went to Sarajevo in August of 2006, when I did a solo tour of the former Yugoslavia after spending the summer working in Greece. Of all the places I went on that trip, Sarajevo was my favorite. I was there on an overcast, rainy day and my pictures unfortunately don’t do the place justice, but it’s a gorgeous, spirited city — and despite its near-destruction in the last war, it’s thriving and growing. It’s one of those places where the appeal is intangible, so I didn’t take a ton of pictures, but you can see what I have here. This picture was taken out of the bus window very, very early in the morning when we were driving through Bosnia (which is surprisingly green and lovely):