nPostednon February 15, 2014
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nWhennI was a kid, I dearly loved doing map jigsaw puzzles. I loved ournfamily globe, and I pored over it, trying to make out the names ofnall those squished-together European nations. I was a whiz atngeography games and quizzes.
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ButnI had never heard of Serbia. You see, when the textbooks I’d readnwere being written and the puzzles and globes I’d loved were beingncreated, the Serbs were part of a country called Yugoslavia.
ButnI had never heard of Serbia. You see, when the textbooks I’d readnwere being written and the puzzles and globes I’d loved were beingncreated, the Serbs were part of a country called Yugoslavia.n
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nYugoslavianbroke apart in 1992, and even though it was only about as large as the United Kingdom, it broke up into five (and later six) separatennations. Serbia is one of those nations, what is sometimes called thenheart of the old Yugoslavia.
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Serbianis known for plums—because, small though the nation is, it is thenworld’s #2 producer of plums—and raspberries—and this time, it’sn#1 in the world!
Serbianis known for plums—because, small though the nation is, it is thenworld’s #2 producer of plums—and raspberries—and this time, it’sn#1 in the world! n
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n(I read that 95% of the world’s raspberry exportsncame from Serbia!)
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nSerbianis known for one of the top tennis players in the world, NovaknDjokovic, and for the scientific genius Nikola Tesla (who was a Serbnwho was born in what is now Croatia and who eventually moved to thenU.S.).
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| Uvac Canyon |
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nSerbianis also known for being on the border between “the East” and “thenWest.” It is one of the only nations to celebrate two Christmasesn(one on December 25, like Western nations, and one on January 7,nlike Eastern Orthodox nations) and two New Years Days (January 1 andnJanuary 14). Serbs also use two alphabets—the Roman alphabet, likenWestern nations, and the Cyrillic alphabet, like Russia.
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| Devil’s Town |
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nLastnbut not least, Serbia is known for Europe’s largest gorge, thenDjerdap Gorge, through which the beautiful Danube River flows, andnfor Davolja Varos, or Devil’s Town, an area filled with rocky spires.nn
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nAlsonon this date:
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Kamakura Snow Cave Festival
Kamakura Snow Cave Festival
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nRemembernthe Maine Day
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nWomen’snrights activist Susan B. Anthony’s birthday
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nNationalnFlag of Canada Day
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nPlannahead:
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nChecknout my Pinterest boards for:
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nFebruaryn holidays
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nHistoricaln anniversaries in February
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nAndnhere are my Pinterest boards for:
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