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Europe » Bosnia & Herzegovina » East » Sarajevo July 10th 2015

Off on a walking tour this morning. Meet our guide, Nella. All good until Viktor butts in to have his say on something which I think starts a mini war between the 2 of them. Never mind. Walk the old town, through the catholic cathedral Jewish synagogue and outside one of the mosques (can't go in during Ramadan). finish walk without too much more friction between the 2 guides, but we still have a tunnel and war museum to go. Onto the bus for our next bit. Nella starts talking then Viktor grabs the mic to say something, tension..... Then Guisseppe has trouble navigating the streets he came in on yesterday and Viktor takes over again. A bit like a 3 ring circus. Get to tunnels which are right beside the airport. Go in and sit ... read more

Europe » Bosnia & Herzegovina » East » Sarajevo July 9th 2015

First "bags out" this morning. Right on time and the porter arrived as we put the 2nd bag out so big tick for us.... On to the bus and seat rotation has us in the front seat behind Guisseppe our Italian driver. Good spot you say, not quite. Guiseppe is not the best driver and there are several pieces of spectacular driving of which more will come in later parts of this blog. Any hoo, away via the port. 4 cruise ships in today so lucky we did our tours the last few days. Onto the new suspension type bridge out of Dubrovnik on our way to Sarajevo Via Moston (old capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina). All going well, get to the border and there are 3 buses in the queue in front of us so ... read more

Europe » Bosnia & Herzegovina » South » Mostar July 8th 2015

En longeant la côte croate le long de l'Adriatique, 150 kilomètres vers l'ouest, on arrive à Mostar. Il faudra passer la frontière bosniaque à 3 reprises vu la découpe géographique entre la Croatie et la Bosnie-Herzégovine. Dès l'autre côté de la frontière, on remarque la très grande diversité d'architecture d'abord: bienvenue en monde musulman... Nous sommes désormais loin de la mer et l'aridité du paysage le confirme. En rentrant à Mostar, la Neretva, rivière que l'on a suivie en bus depuis la frontière, prend une couleur émeraude unique au monde. C'est une couleur familière des lacs de l'ouest canadien, mais c'est la seule rivière au monde qui a cette teinte exceptionnelle. C'est en partie dû à la très grande densité de cuivre qui s'y retrouve, la rendant même toxique. En s'engouffrant dans les petites rues de ... read more
La grande mosquée
Bazar
Un plongeur saute du pont...

Europe » Bosnia & Herzegovina » East » Sarajevo July 3rd 2015

Sprcha co mala byt rano sa moc nekonala. Prud vody bol uplne slabucky a uplne ladovy. Potichu som sa vyparil z izby, este tichsie som presiel okolo recepcie nech nezobudim recepcnu a smer ho zeleznicna stanica. Baba z recepcia mi vravela mini strasidelny pribeh. Nad ranom spala, okolo presiel japonec, zavrel dvere a nasledne hned za japoncom isiel dole schodmi presne ten isty japonec. Pohodovy krokom po vyprazdnenych uliciach (6/30) dopochodovane na stanicu. V okienku pytam jeden do mostaru, pre istotu sa ma pyta ci jednosmerny, to potvrdzujem. S listkom idem na peron, kde je tabula zakaz fotit, co neskor ziadny turisti nedodrziavali iba ja. Strojveduci mi este potvrdzuje smer Mostar. Vyradene svedske vozne su ciste ale vek sa neda zastavit. Vnutro je zdreva. Pri studovani listku som si vsimol,ze mi dali prvu triedu ale uz ... read more

Europe » Bosnia & Herzegovina » East » Sarajevo July 2nd 2015

Rano uz nebolo take pekne ako v belehrade. Na izbe pribudol dalsi slovak. Ten tiez ide s chalanom z vychodu do mostaru na EU program. Po kratkej rozlucke smer lovenie kesiek a biela pevnost. Na namesticku Sebilj v pekarne kupene mini ranajky. Predavacka zazartovala a pytala odo mna 100 mariek. Pekarniciek je tu taktiez kopa, rozne dobroty v nich maju. Ranajky zjedene pri riecke a smer biela pevnost. Cakal ma riadny vystup v mega teple. Debil som si zabudol na izbe klobuk a este aby toho nebolo dost som sa vybral zlou cestou, tak neaky ten kilometrik nadchadzka. Zaujimavostou bola tabula sarajeva (oznacenie konca mesta), nazov v azbuke bol zasprejovany. K bielej pevnosti sa ide okolo hotela saraj, roznymi uzkymi ulickami a furt do kopca. V takom teple ozaj zaberak. Po ceste stretnuti tulavy/domaci pes ale ... read more

Europe » Bosnia & Herzegovina » East » Sarajevo July 1st 2015

Rano ma cakal prijemny sok. V izbe ja a dalsich 10 bab. Welcome in paradise :) Po rychlom zbaleni smer spolocenska miestnost spojena s kuchynkou. Na recepcii nikto, kukam na cas 6/30, ok pohoda, bus ma dojst az o 6/40. Kontrolujem opat cas, uz je 7/00 a nikto nikde. Mensia panika, co ak volali recepcnej na mobil a ta to nebrala. Tak vytacam cislo do gea tours (1,7€/min). Zistujem co a ako. Je mi vysvetlene, ze bus 6/40 este len vyrazal zo stanice, zavolaju mi ked budu pri hosteli. Este cakam 5. min a idem radsej na ulicu. Mensi problem som mal dostat sa von, bolo zamknute ale nastastie som na 3 pokus nasiel otvaranie dveri. Minibus resp dodavka prisla 7/15. Uplne narvana. Uslo sa mi miesto v predu. Vedla mna dost velky chlap ,tak riadne ... read more

Europe » Bosnia & Herzegovina » South » Mostar April 18th 2015

18 April 2015 Saturday. The clouds with light rain that moved into Dubrovnik the previous evening had settled over the city with a promise of heavier rain. Rather than giving me a chance to walk the wall, we decided just to head up the coast and then inland to Mostar before ending the day in Split. Driving up the coast from Dubrovnik the weather improved somewhat. We crossed the narrow bridge of land that provides Bosnia-Herzegovina access to the Adriatic Sea, and then turned inland to enter Bosnia proper...more passport stamps going out of Croatia and into Bosnia and then more coming back...altogether crossing the border 10 times on this trip. So on we drove to Mostar. Prior to the breakdown of Yugoslavia beginning in 1991, Bosnia had been a multicultural country, even hosting the Winter ... read more
Bob at Mostar's Old Bridge
Bob having lunch of cavapcici
Mike and Bob having lunch near the Old Bridge

Europe » Bosnia & Herzegovina » East » Sarajevo February 25th 2015

Sarajevo is on my list of favorite cities in the world. Kathleen and I had been planning this trip since last year. It was my plan going into this year to go to Sarajevo during the ski break. But we didn't start in Sarajevo. Despite how it looks on a map, Sarajevo is really hard to get to from Budapest. There aren't any trains, and the only buses are about a day long. Thankfully, a few friends of ours went last summer and told us about this magical car service that picks you up from your door and takes you to your hostel in Belgrade and then to your hostel in Sarajevo. For 45 euros. Seems too good to be true? Actually no! On Friday, Kathleen and I got picked up from my flat after school, ... read more
Tea house family
Cemetery
Sarajevo

Europe » Bosnia & Herzegovina » East » Sarajevo January 30th 2015

The next leg of the global itinerary takes us to Sarajevo, a city which has essentially seen its fair share of conflicts, hardships and transitional periods. The city's origins are somewhat shaped by the Ottoman empire, and the distinct Turkish influence which runs through the city (in particular the Old Town area) has attributed Sarajevo an identity which sets it apart from your more 'exclusively European' city setting. The Old Town is indeed the one place where it is assumed most visitors' tourist itineraries will commence from, and the enclave of eateries, (mostly) souvenir stores, and prominent public buildings, most of a mosque-like appearance, is a browser's delight and an area where the sounds, sights and smells are quite possibly most likely to seduce the unsuspecting visitor who has come to Sarajevo with visions of... read more
The eternal flame burns brightly (Sarajevo; Bosnia and Herzegovina)
The national library is an attractive building for sure (Sarajevo; Bosnia and Herzegovina)
A city view including the Avaz twist tower (Sarajevo; Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Europe » Bosnia & Herzegovina January 24th 2015

Figuring out which 'new' country to add to the growing list of annual ski experiences was rendered somewhat easier by the lure of skiing somewhere where the prices were favourable, the reviews were supportive, and other elements such as fine food and scope for an enjoyable city break could be woven into the mix - step forward Jahorina, now it's your turn. Most of us can barely recall the 1984 winter Olympics when this very venue was chosen to host it, so these days, with a war-torn identity and countless more minor struggles which had gone on in its wake, curiosity had arisen to see how much Jahorina measured up as a European ski destination. In the right kind of season, Jahorina comes across as snowsure and sufficiently well-supplied to be able to cope with the ... read more
Looking back on ski terrain already covered (Jahorina; Bosnia And Herzegovina)
Snowscapes of this ilk are a joy to behold (Jahorina; Bosnia And Herzegovina)
The piste is not exactly overrun! (Jahorina; Bosnia And Herzegovina)




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