Countries of Europe
Map from Nations Online Project.ALBANIA
You can arrive at Mother Teresa airport near the capital.2 Yogurteria for yogurts
3 Sky club rotating bar
Nearest winery
Drink plum brandy. Also red, white, rose wine.
The west coast is on the Adriatic, which has beaches.
(Greece is to the south. To look at it another way, Albania is north of Greece.)
Driving north to the mountains, in summer, you find hiking and wineries.
BOSNIA & Herzegovina
The name Bosnia probably, at least most memorably, comes from the river Bosna. The origin of the name Herzegovina is Herzog's land. Note the spelling. The letter e is repeated at the start of the name. Then o. The letter i separated the o and the a. Finally a. Both Bosnia and Herzegovina have the three vowels o,i,a.Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
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Official languages | Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian |
Writing system | Latin, Cyrillic |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serbo-Croatian: Bosna i Hercegovina / Босна и Херцеговина, pronounced [bôsna i xěrtseɡoʋina]), abbreviated BiH (БиХ) or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans.
Bosnia and Herzegovina borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to the north and southwest.
In the south it has a narrow coast on the Adriatic Sea within the Mediterranean, which is about 20 kilometres (12 miles) long and surrounds the town of Neum.
Bosnia, which is the inland region of the country, has a moderate continental climate with hot summers and cold, snowy winters. In the central and eastern regions of the country, the geography is mountainous, in the northwest it is moderately hilly, and in the northeast it is predominantly flat.
Herzegovina, which is the smaller, southern region of the country, has a Mediterranean climate and is mostly mountainous.
Sarajevo is the capital and the largest city of the country
CROATIA
KOSOVO
MONTENEGRO
Capital
Places to visit: Sventi Stefan 'island' hotel
Mount, cliffside monastery
NORTH MACEDONIA
GREECE
Capital Athens has the Acropolis and the hillside old city full of restaurants called La Plaka. Eat rice in vine leaves. Drink ouzo. Greek coffee and baklava.
Second city Thessalonika has the tomb of the family of Alexander the Great and a museum and amphitheatre.
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MONTENEGRO
Map of Montenegro showing the capital Padgorica to the East of the central region.Montenegro (/ˌmɒntɪˈniːɡroʊ, -ˈneɪɡroʊ, -ˈnɛɡroʊ/ (listen)] Montenegrin: Crna Gora, Црна Гора, lit. 'Black Mountain') is a country in Southeastern Europe.[11] It is a part of the Balkans and is bordered by Serbia to the northeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the north, Kosovo to the east, Albania to the southeast, Croatia to the northwest, and the Adriatic Sea to the west with a coastline of 293.5 km. Podgorica, the capital and largest city,
SERBIA
Serbia's Capital is Belgrade.
The second city is Novi Sad.
Winery.
SLOVENIA
Slovenia - capital Ljubljana.Places To See
Skocjan Caves
SLOVAKIA
Slovakia is East of the Czech Republic (capital Prague, notable personality, author Kafka). Slovakia used to be part of Czechoslovakia.
Useful Websites
ALBANIA
http://www.visit-tirana.com/things-to-do/museums-in-tirana/322/ismail-kadare-house-museum-tirana
https://www.azquotes.com/author/18556-Ismail_Kadare
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albanians
http://www.visit-tirana.com/eat-drink/desserts/79/yogurteri-tirana
https://www.tirana-airport.com/
https://www.roughguides.com/articles/why-visit-tirana-albania/
BOSNIA
GREECE
//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thessaloniki
KOSOVO
MONTENEGRO
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montenegro
SERBIA
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