Where is HOME?
Where was your home before Lincoln?
Welcome to UoL, your home away from home.
As you embark on your new and exciting adventure, making new friends and building your future, please share with us the experiences and cultures that made you the person you are today. Your home before Lincoln can be a place outside the UK or within the UK. Here at SoE, we would love to hear your stories, so that everyone can get a feel of the place and culture you have brought with you. You can share a story about a village, town, county or country. This can include as many details as you like including things like food recipes so we can all try.
All stories will appear on this site.
To share your story or if you just need more information and help please email davdic@lincoln.ac.uk.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
On 6 April 1992 Bosnia was recognised as an independent state by the EC (European Community). There have been brief moments of quasi-autonomy or semi-independence during previous two centuries - but properly speaking this was Bosnian's first appearance as an independent state since 1463. Even though the history of Bosnia seems quite dark, behind there lay historical influences, stunning rolling mountains, glassier rivers, cobbled streets, imperial townhouses, beautiful bridges and most warming, welcoming people.
Bosnia and Herzegovina is a multicultural place spelled out in Latin, Cyrillic, Arabic and Hebrew text. Multi-culture is what makes Bosnia the wonderful place it is. Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, due to its cultural and religious diversity is sometimes called the "Jerusalem of Europe".
We have many traditional food recipes. One of the most famous dishes are "Ćevapi". These are eaten by all- old, young, businessmen/women and students. 'Ćevapi' are grilled minced meet served in a flat bread with cream and 'ajvar' (roast peppers and eggplant puree).
Bosna is a place full of "merak". I can't really translate "merak". You sit in the old town of Sarajevo called Baščaršija, sun is shinning, you are looking at the Sebilj (a pseudo-Ottoman style wooden fountain in the centre of Baščaršija square), drinking a traditional Bosnian coffee with a piece of baklava- well, that IS "merak".