And finally, a word or two about the Serbian language. I am learning it. And I make that statement confident in the fact that I will never be able to say that I have learned Serbian. It is not an easy language. How’s that for understatement?
And finally, a word or two about the Serbian language. I am learning it. And I make that statement confident in the fact that I will never be able to say that I have learned Serbian. It is not an easy language.
Said out loud, it sounds like I’ve invoked something negative, almost pejorative. Hard heads who won’t budge in the face of certain doom: this colours the West’s analysis of inat’s manifestation in the recent wars. Conceptually unique to the ‘Slavs of the South’, and translating poorly to “spite“ in its Serbian form and “stubbornness“ in its Turkish root, it has the character of an epithet given by the occupying oppressor, dismissive of ‘irrational’ resistance to their imposed authority.
Sale is a strange one. After reading this article, you will have little doubt about it.
But, given the way I make my coffee, I find myself faced with a legitimate and possibly troubling question: am I slowly turning into a Serb?
Sale dares to think he just might understand a few things about Serbia. He’s risky that way.
Sale sees beauty in the rough, and Serbia has become his goldmine.
What I have found, others have lost. My travels to Serbia have rewarded me with so many gifts.
Sale proposes that you get acquainted with Serbian medieval history on your next trip to Belgrade
Two of Zet’s loves unite: his favourite music in his favourite country.
Sale discovers inspiring strength under the scars of a Yugoslav heart.
Sale is a German/French-Canadian who found his way through marriage to an inexhaustible source of wonder and fascination called Serbia.
When I first began visiting Serbia, my father inlaw was my main companion, and while my wife met with her friends in Belgrade, he helped me discover the Moravian monasteries of Šumadija. Awakened to the complex and intriguing history of the region on my previous visit (see SAN 8), this trip was the first where I chose the destinations.