Palm Sunday in Dubrovnik is unthinkable without ‘pomica’ (plaited palm leaves), which are taken to church be blessed. The tradition of plaiting palm leaves is specific to the Dubrovnik area and does not exist anywhere else. The bishop of Dubrovnik blesses the palm leaves on the stairs of the beautiful church of Saint-Blaise. April 2014.…
The Mostar Bridge was a very famous and historical bridge before its destruction during the war in Bosnia and Hercegovina. The bridge was bombarded by a tank on November 9th, 1993 and collapsed into the river below. With the support of UNESCO, a new bridge was built, similar to the old one and opened in…
The Bay of Kotor is often wrongly considered to be Europe’s southernmost fjord. But who cares? The beauty of the bay with its islands and villages is undeniable. This local man did not seem to pay much attention to it though. April 2014. Les Bouches de Kotor forment une baie qui est souvent considérée à…
The Good Friday mass with the bishop in Split takes place in the cathedral that used to be the mausoleum of the Roman emperor Diocletian, in the middle of his palace. It is quite ironical since Diocletian is mostly remembered for having ordered the bloodiest official persecution of Christianity in the Roman empire. These young…
While walking up the streets of the old Dubrovnik city, you find some of these ladies who quietly knit and sell their own production. April 2014. En montant les rues pentues de la vieille ville de Dubrovnik, on trouve certaines de ces dames qui tricotent tranquillement et vendent leur propre production. Avril 2014.
The Serbian name for Montenegro, « Crna Gora », means Black Mountain. This small country seems indeed to only be made of mountains. I met this shepherd on the road outside the village of Petrovići (41 inhabitants). He strangely had no sheep around him, was wearing a hunting jacket and had picked up wild daffodils. April 2014.…
