Blogs from Bosnia & Herzegovina, Europe - page 11

Very lazy morning - I headed out to Old Town to wander more of the tiny streets. I also found myself in the middle of a flock (?) of pigeons... oh God they are everywhere here, and I just keeping thinking of the Animaniacs and their pigeon skits. (Ah, childhood.) Time for lunch already? Don't mind if I do! I opted for "burek" today - meat pie like things that are served with yogurt and are simply delish. Plateful for about $2... yeah can't go wrong with that!! After lunch I went in search of the other museum I wanted to see... imagine my face when I realized it was only 2 blocks down from the closed one I ventured out to yesterday. Oops..! Haha, ah well, it was a nice walk again. Once I found ... read more

Set off for the bus station at a perky 7am... so happy to be going down stairs without knowing I have to walk up 10 flights at the end of the night. (Oh Dubrovnik, you're on par with San Francisco...) The bounce in my step quickly disappeared as the strap on my bag snapped clear in half haha. I was like DEAR GOD NO. At least it was the one that I can hug (my duffle), so I did that the rest of the day. I think I'll have to buy a small suitcase in Sarajevo. Oh well. Bus ride to Mostar was beautiful - first hour or so was along the coast - you can never go wrong with that! Seeing all the small coastal villages and the islands down below. Wonderful. The drive through ... read more

Mon 1st July 2013 Mostar to Sarajevo Left camp 'Mali Wimbledon' at 11 am. Internet access was intermittent and was next to useless. Had lunch at the nearby restaurant and took a picture with the owner and then set off to Sarajevo somewhere north east. We climbed for metres and metres until the car almost packed up because of overheating. Must have stopped several times to climb 1500 metres. Sarajevo is about 800 metres up in Bosnia. I suspect it is the capital because it was so heavily populated compared to other places I have visited in Bosnia. It was so busy in the city and there was a demonstration in the town centre, the traffic was clogged up and I sat in traffic for ages before finally managed to escape the city. From Sarajevo it ... read more

Sutjeska National Park. What to say about a place that is soooooooooooo beautiful? Well, it could do with a proper camping ground for one. I had high hopes of camping but these soon diminished upon finding out that the camping ground only had toilets (the condition of which can only be imagined) and no shower. There is the (freezing) river for that. And the only other campers were some guys (not seen) from the Slovenian Slalom team? Who knows. All I know is at the end of the day I really, really, really like to have a shower and I really, really like to wash my clothes. Everything else is really, really is secondary. I didn’t camp. Instead I walked up to Hotel Mladost. And there ensued a lengthy discussion about half pansion, full pansion or ... read more

It’s been over a week since I’ve updated the blog I know. But, it’s been a busy one. I’ve flitted into another country for four days, Croatia, and am now back into the arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina but only for a few days and then it’s onto a new love, Montenegro. What a travel hussy! Being back in Dubrovnik was a weird experience. Seeing people I know since I last saw them ten years ago was also a weird experience. My ‘rational’ self had high expectations for remembering. The reality though was that everything appeared so totally unfamiliar. The old town yes, it looked familiar but the choking of it by tourists was in my eyes a new phenomenon. Granted, last time I was there was in September, off peak, and this time I was ... read more