This is just too totally awesome. It has been almost a month since the last time we had a first-time visitor from a new nation (or a new flag for our virtual collection).
I just logged in at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport and saw that the counter showed 126 countries. Where would our new guest be?
Bosnia-Herzegovina!
Now, are y'all sitting down? My driver to the airport is from Mostar. He just gave me a small Bosnian flag on the drive. The flag is in my briefcase. And I just learned to say Zdravo (hello) and Fala (thank you).
A very hearty welcome to today's new visitor and any future guests from Bosnia-Herzegovina. Zdravo!
The driver, to whom I dedicate this post, though I do not know his name, also popped in a CD of Bosnian music that was lovely to listen to.
From Wikipedia:
Bosnia (Bosnian/Croatian (Latin script): Bosna i Hercegovina, Serbian (Cyrillic script): Босна и Херцеговина) is a country on the Balkan peninsula of Southern Europe with an area of 51,129 square kilometres (19,741 sq mi). The last official census in 1991 recorded 4.4 million people, which was prior to the 1992-1995 war, while an unofficial census in 1996 by UNHCR recorded a post-war population of 3.9 million. Its 2007 residential population is estimated at approximately 4 million. Formerly one of the six federal units constituting the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Herzegovina gained its independence during the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s. Bosnia and Herzegovina can be described as a federal democratic republic that is transforming its economy into a market-oriented system, and it is a potential candidate for membership in the European Union and NATO.
Here is your visual tour!
I can only guess at a few words of this but the music is soothing and I am all about balm for souls these days.
Perhaps you are needing something more energetic and modern feeling with a touch of modern dance thrown in?
Zehra Deović singing MOJ DILBERE
Enjoy!
--the BB
