Hecco Sarajevo

Brandon and I took a two hour bus ride from Mostar to Sarajevo through the mountains. Sarajevo hosted the winter olympics in 1964 so I guess I shouldnt have been surprised how mountanous and beatiful this drive was. Nontheless I was. Upon getting to Sarajevo, the first thing we noticed was how much the weater had changed. It had gone from 80 and sunny in Mostar, to 50 and rainy in Sarajevo. Since we spent 2 days in Mostar we only had an ...

My overnight bus ride came to an end here about ten miles short of town at some remote bus depot in a suburb called Obrinja. Obrinja is in the Republika Srpska which is not officially recognized as its own country (yet). Keep in mind it was 5:45 in the morning and the sun was just barely coming up. It was cold, too since Sarajevo is high in the mountains. I had thought the bus would come into the main train/bus depot in town but later found out ...

... for Budapest the following day. Unfortunately the night train no longer existed and the only one was at 7.14am. We went back to Tourist Info and sat down where two locals were sitting, smoking. Wondering if they were in fact the "helpful" tourist info staff, we tried to make it look as if we needed some assistance. These two other Aussie's that had been on the bus with us came over and told us that they'd been waiting for 30 minutes and it still hadn't opened. We all ...

... looked especially clueless, everyone just seemed happy to help. Crazy. :-)<br><br>Our hostel has a private bedroom, but shared bath. It's right in the center of everything. Sarajevo looks like a very interesting town...tons of people outside walking, drinking and eating. We'll explore tomorrow. Chris is a little grouchy because he doesn't have a private bathroom...he knew that before we booked this place. Ok, off to bed.<br><br>Love,<br>Chris and Liana<br><br>

Before we even begin with the city, we have to tell you that the bus ride from Niksic to Sarajevo was AMAZING. We tried to take pictures because it felt like we were on a tour bus...not a public bus. This part of the country was just beautiful with canyons, lakes, mountains, and neat tunnels we drove through. We kept thinking, "driver, could you just leave us on the side of the road for a while? We'll get the next bus!" How can a city with so much turmoil end up with great ...

... type some documents, which I would need later. Things are just moving really slowly. I kind of lost my contact with some of the children, after the first attraction somehow dissappeared. I still play with some refugee children and communicate with signs, since that is the only real language we share. The chief of the youth center is always happy gentlemen, who likes to be serving wine and selfmade Rakia, booze. He is taking good care of me, no doubts ...

... more, but he also gave me a tour in the Islamic university of Sarajevo. I was able to talk to a professor there and he explained to me what lessons are given and how they do it. I told him about the situation in Holland. Geert Wilders and his movie, but also radical imams in Holland who (short summery) say non believers should be killed, are pigs, etc. Both my friend and the professor were very sad about this. Basically they pointed out the people who say this are not real ...

... and father to the war. Each Bosnian whom we have had more than a five minute conversation with, seemed to have a deeply ingrained nationalism. No wonder even though the Sarajevans were at times armed with kitchen knives, the Serbian Cetniks did not defeat them. After 2 days with the Halilovices and many hours of gesticulating, it is with regret that I leave. I believe have a deeper appreciation for these bullet-ridden buildings. I lov ethat the ...

... las mujeres son miradas con recelo. Lo curioso es que en la puerta hay indicaciones de como debes entrar y una foto prohibiendo entrar al templo con pistolas (?). Dejando el barrio turco nos adentramos en la calle principal. Hay multitud de estudiantes y de gente joven y el ambiente es muy relajado para tratarse de una capital. Queremos saber un poco de su historia reciente y compramos el "Manual de Supervivencia 1992-1995 ...