Yugoslavian notes. (author's experiences traveling in Yugoslavia)

National Review | June 30, 1989| | Copyright

Yugoslavia is Communism with a human face . . . and bad teeth. Yes, and you could stick a lit cigarette between those teeth. (We smoke cigarette more because we have problem more," our cabdriver in Ljubljana said.) The indoor part of Yugoslvia smells like a 15-hour poker game. Landscape outside is big and raw-boned. Mountain, coastline, plain-it all has the look of an enormous fossil carcass. big, raw-boned people, too. Take any five Yougoslav men, three at least could play power forward. I like Yugoslavia but it made me feel short.

My hotel bathroom as ...

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