Amazing book, very interesting. I loved the way it was written, with author's impressions and thoughts at the time, felt like an adventure I was joining, traveling with him and his family. At the same time great insights and history of these places, another perspective of the time that you get usually very 'black and white' angle on.
I took one star off due to use of the word to describe Roma/Romani people (g*psy), which many people still use I am sure due to lack of knowledge rather than malice. But it was really strange to find it in a book about co-existence of different ethnic and religious groups.
