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In Dubrovnik, brighter tiles mark homes rebuilt after the shelling.
But today, relations between the Croats and their Serb neighbors are on the mend. The
bus connecting Dubrovnik to Serb-friendly Montenegro—which was stubbornly discon-
tinued for a decade—is, once again, up and running. And Pero—whose B&B now houses
Serbs who may have bombed his home years ago—says that, with age, someday all the
tiles will fade to exactly the same hue.
Poignant as a visit to Dubrovnik may be, rich rewards await those who push on into
the interior of the former Yugoslavia. Dubrovnik—the most touristy and comfortable re-
sort on Croatia's Dalmatian Coast—is an ideal springboard for more scintillating sightsee-
ing…including some sobering lessons in sectarian strife.
We hear the term “the Balkans” now and then, and even if we don't know exactly where
that is…we know it's a challenging place. The Balkan Peninsula—a wide swath of land in
southeastern Europe, stretching from Hungary to Greece—has long been a crossroads of
cultures. Over the centuries, an endless string of emperors, crusaders, bishops, and sultans
