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The Bosnian Flame

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Vjecna vatra - Eternal Flame Most of my pieces thus far have been a bit short and overly light-hearted. If you are expecting something similar, I suggest you put down this piece and read another one of my earlier pieces. My story begins in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzagovina (BIH). You might be wondering where this country is and what I was doing there. Well for starters, the beautiful country is situated in an area known as the Balkans in the heart of the former state of Yugoslavia. Yugoslavia was made up of modern day Croatia, Serbia, BIH, Slovenia, Montenegro, Macedonia and Kosovo, but the latter might be a bit controversial (That’s a debate for another day). For those that still don’t have an idea where Yugoslavia was… Go back to school and ask your geography and History teacher for a refund. But seriously though, BIH is situated between Croatia and Montenegro along the Adriatic Sea. Having moved to the Netherlands recently for work, I felt that I was a little tired of