srecna nova godina (that's happy new year)

I'm back from tripping through Bosnia & Hercegovina, with a newly thought up analogy.

Bosnia is to Serbia as Canada is to the US.
Explanation:
Bosnia & Serbia are largely similar places. Their history, geography, & language are linked, but not identical.

After the Romanian adventure, it was nice to be traveling somewhere where I could understand a bit more of what was going on, where the food was largely familiar, where I could speak the language a bit (even if naming said language is a political act). I took to saying 'the language' & not trying to guess if I should say Serbian/Bosnian/Croatian.

and up next: Bulgaria
fuller reports: eventually