Very interesting. Thanks for sharing. I lived in the former Yugoslavia 1978-1980. My first husband served in the Yugoslavian Army probably late 1950's. It was lovely to hear the language spoken again.
Bog i Hrvati ......from Sydney Australia, love your videos on Croatia .......left Croatia as a young boy in 1965. I was only 7 years old .......now a retired Australian lawyer, & many grad-children ......CROATIA has been in my heart !!!!
"Propuh" is deadly! Close the windows and the doors, haha! I recall hearing about this air base while I lived in nearby Slunj as a kid in the sixties. Lots of prisoners, many political, died in the process of building the base. Not the fondest of memories. Nick
Very cool video, showing unique places in Croatia beyond the usual beaches, castles and waterfalls (not that those things aren't amazing!!) And your tour guide was awesome 😊 Love your channel!
This is so amazing! We lived vicariously through this in Australia and it was hard due to the distance but to see it close up like this with a guide like her…. My heart aches 😢
Sarah, next time you are driving by there, please make a pit stop in Rastoke, my birth place. I'm sure you've done a video of the place already, but I never get bored seeing the place. Nick
So basically anyone who makes it to Bosnia can walk over the “border” into Shengen 😂 So many abandoned homes. So sad. I think Sonia’s comments about people in the area being culturally same but divided now by a border is poignant.
it thanks to the USA and their politics, mainly by the same people who control also the USA. :)
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My grandparents were born in Zavalje which belongs to Bosnia and Herzegovina today. I remember when I was a child, they were always saying they were "Ličani" , people who came from the area in Croatia called Lika. Dressing, dialect, all identical as in Lika. Really sad...
@@edoo153 Wrong! I could tell you who is really responsible for that, but that would get into politics, and I'm sure you already know deep in your heart who is responsible for that.
Sonia's comments are a bit mis-guided. There are three distinct groups living in the area. The Bosnians (mostly Muslim), Serbs (mostly Orthodox), and Croatians (mostly Catholic). I'm not advocating the differences or preaching one way or another; it's just the way things are there due to historical events. Yes, people cross the border which they should not. There is a lot of smuggling and trafficking of illegals there, and in many other places near the border. Our old, and now abandoned house, is used by the illegals to sleep in overnight before they move on. Nick
Actually Bosnia and Herzegovina was separated from Croatia in 1945 by Communists,just like Istria and Dalmatia was separated from Croatia in 1920. Bihać was capital city of Croatian Kingdom till 1592 untill Turks invaded it and since then,Turks live in it. Bihać was builded by Croatian noblemans from Dalmatia,Split,from Bijać,that's why is called Bihać(Bijać). When Bihać fell into hands of Turks,refugges from Croatian medieval town Bihać founded new town Karlovac,which is known as fortified town! We Bosnians never called Muslims as Bosnians or Bosniaks,we called them what they are,Turks,but since they are ashamed of their ethnic background they want to use,more like snatch 😅,our Croatian name Bosniaks for themselves since 1992,but we all know who we are,we know our history and identity.
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Very interesting. Thanks for sharing. I lived in the former Yugoslavia 1978-1980. My first husband served in the Yugoslavian Army probably late 1950's. It was lovely to hear the language spoken again.
Bog i Hrvati ......from Sydney Australia, love your videos on Croatia .......left Croatia as a young boy in 1965. I was only 7 years old .......now a retired Australian lawyer, & many grad-children ......CROATIA has been in my heart !!!!
A few subtitles would have been nice. Great work nevertheless
check out the transcript , there's more English translation
By far the most informative video about Željava military base I've seen on YT. Your guide was excellent. Cheers!
This grandmother knows the subject matter and the history of the local population very well and the places.
"Propuh" is deadly!
Close the windows and the doors, haha!
I recall hearing about this air base while I lived in nearby Slunj as a kid in the sixties.
Lots of prisoners, many political, died in the process of building the base.
Not the fondest of memories.
Nick
Very cool video, showing unique places in Croatia beyond the usual beaches, castles and waterfalls (not that those things aren't amazing!!) And your tour guide was awesome 😊 Love your channel!
This is so amazing! We lived vicariously through this in Australia and it was hard due to the distance but to see it close up like this with a guide like her…. My heart aches 😢
Sarah, next time you are driving by there, please make a pit stop in Rastoke, my birth place. I'm sure you've done a video of the place already, but I never get bored seeing the place.
Nick
All that borrowed money.
Loved the spontaneous tunnel singing!
Super video, true interessant, thank you
Wow, so cool. So much history, great video, Bravo!!!
So basically anyone who makes it to Bosnia can walk over the “border” into Shengen 😂
So many abandoned homes. So sad. I think Sonia’s comments about people in the area being culturally same but divided now by a border is poignant.
it thanks to the USA and their politics, mainly by the same people who control also the USA. :)
My grandparents were born in Zavalje which belongs to Bosnia and Herzegovina today. I remember when I was a child, they were always saying they were "Ličani" , people who came from the area in Croatia called Lika. Dressing, dialect, all identical as in Lika. Really sad...
@@edoo153
Wrong!
I could tell you who is really responsible for that, but that would get into politics, and I'm sure you already know deep in your heart who is responsible for that.
Sonia's comments are a bit mis-guided. There are three distinct groups living in the area.
The Bosnians (mostly Muslim), Serbs (mostly Orthodox), and Croatians (mostly Catholic).
I'm not advocating the differences or preaching one way or another; it's just the way things are there due to historical events.
Yes, people cross the border which they should not. There is a lot of smuggling and trafficking of illegals there, and in many other places near the border.
Our old, and now abandoned house, is used by the illegals to sleep in overnight before they move on.
Nick
Actually Bosnia and Herzegovina was separated from Croatia in 1945 by Communists,just like Istria and Dalmatia was separated from Croatia in 1920.
Bihać was capital city of Croatian Kingdom till 1592 untill Turks invaded it and since then,Turks live in it.
Bihać was builded by Croatian noblemans from Dalmatia,Split,from Bijać,that's why is called Bihać(Bijać).
When Bihać fell into hands of Turks,refugges from Croatian medieval town Bihać founded new town Karlovac,which is known as fortified town!
We Bosnians never called Muslims as Bosnians or Bosniaks,we called them what they are,Turks,but since they are ashamed of their ethnic background they want to use,more like snatch 😅,our Croatian name Bosniaks for themselves since 1992,but we all know who we are,we know our history and identity.
Beloe Zlato
hahhahaha the draft joke
That is no joke! it's true!
haha!
Veliki pozdrav Sarah and Ivan very interesting video 👍
Prosle godine sam obisao cijeli objekat.Poz
My grandparents are buried on Zavalje, neighboring village.
28 min in 10 min..... neat trick!
Svuda vas ima..😀