One of Sarajevo's many minarets under stormy skies. The thin band of trees at the top of the hillside is typical of the city because the rest of the trees had to be used as firewood during the war.
A scene of carnage during the war, when, in 1994, a mortar shell was dropped on the marketplace. Today, it's filled with people and fresh produce.
A view towards "pigeon square" and the Sebilj fountain in the heart of Sarajevo's Old Town.
A view of Sarajevo up the Miljacka River towards the Latinska Bridge, where Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Duchess Sophia were assassinated in 1914, which led to World War I.
A view up Titova towards the Eternal Flame as the sun came out after a storm at day's end in Sarajevo. The pedestrian street veering to the right from the Eternal Flame leads to the picturesque Old Town.
A collection of competing and contradictory signs outside a tourist shop in Sarajevo's Old Town.
Photo Essay written 5 March 2008
An obsession with store window display oddities at home and abroad.
Budapest, Hungary
A dizzying array of fabric and pattern in this homey (aside from the security grate) shopwindow along one of Budapest's most traffic-congested boulevards.
Zagreb, Croatia
Unsure which greeting to use during the holiday season? This window display covers it all with, Very Happy Everything. It also struck me as very weird.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin is filled with street art and graffiti, but it also has no shortage of creative window displays. I liked how the outside model seems to be keeping close watch on her sister inside, holding the giant frog. The beefcake balloons are the icing on the cake.
Ernest McLeod has been a member since 11 November 2007 and goes by placeinsun.
Currently in Montreal, Canada.
I am a writer and artist living in Middlebury, Vermont and Montréal, Canada. My most recent travels have taken me to Eastern Europe and the Balkans.
You can also find Ernest at placeinsun.blogspot.com.