Perry created a 40-minute power point presentation called "A Brief, Overly Simplistic History of Yugoslavia" complete with detailed maps. It's amazing how he covered 2,000 years in 40 minutes.
This forested mountain and the national park of Fruška Gora has sixteen medieval Serbian Orthodox monasteries. On Wednesday afternoon we hopped on a bus to tour three monasteries. We had a terrific guide who explained the history and significance of the monasteries. Instead of being built high on a hill the monasteries were built hidden in valleys. The monasteries were a means of preserving and transmitting the Serbian culture and Orthodox religion down to the next generation when Serbia was ruled by the Ottomans or the Austrians. During some of their history villagers also were educated and received healthcare at the monastery.
