Hostel Skend Sarajevo

... tour, which gave a brief tour of the city sites, but was predominately focused on a tunnel, 12km from the city centre that was built under the airport by the Bosnian army as a means of survival during the conflict. Sarajevo is set within a valley, with the airport to the west, during the conflict the city was (~80%) surrounded by the Serbian army who also had occupied the airport. The UN were ...

... have chronic back injuries. The tunnel was only about 5 feet tall because anything taller would have caved in. <br><br>I spoke with several people from here and they each said life went on as normal as best they could. They held plays with candlelight, schools were held in secret locations so the Serbs wouldn't kill anymore children than they already had (1,601 to be exact). And nightclubs still operated. <br><br>Fast forward a few years and ...

... fresh calzone type thing from the local bakery we headed back to the room for a rest - again waiting for it to cool down a little. Fortunately it hadn't hit the predicted 40 degrees and was a lot cooler than we'd anticipated. I woke up after an hour or two of sleep and Sam was still crashed out so I headed downstairs to the outdoor setting to get some fresh air, away from the mustiness and heat of our room. Our Bosnian Nana came out and sat with me and we spent the next 15 minutes ...

... from the airport area to the mountains - their safe zone. They brought everything you could think of through the tunnel, even sheep.<br><br>The Sarajevo War Museum depicted how citizens survived during the siege. Everything, including basic living was a struggle. Houses were transformed into makeshift gardens, rooms were shuffled so people were away from sniper attacks, trees were cut down for cooking fires, and ...

... shirt from the festival, only because i wanted one. I felt like "20 euro, what are they thinking?" But it is good to have one to remember. I have seen several Bosnian films. Either animation, film or documentary. Most of them have a subject that links to the war. Some of them were documentary films about Srebrenica. For these the cinemas were packed. Men, women, families, children. People were even sitting on the floor and stairs to see them. To be honest, they were ...

... tournament for the ones wanting to stretch and jump. Festival will be held on the 15th and 16th of August in the city of Banovi&#269;i, Bosnia. Festival is organized third time this year and it holds concerts for all ages. Venues are held indoors and outdoors. On Friday Small Faces will happen in Pinkland youth center, with students performing during the day. Volleyball matches are played out on the volley court infront of ...

... Mosques with their lantern-like minarets piercing the flake filled night sky gave way to quite a spiritual ambience and out me in mind of tales of the nativity. An eternal flame burns for victims of the war on a street corner, and the streets contain a mixture of freshly restored buildings alongside others still wearing the scars of bullets and shelling. Welcome to Sarajevo.

... he was) and sent him flying- he did not look happy, in true British spirit I just zipped my trousers up and gave him my passport-sorted, the train stations seemed to consist of a bloke with a red flag near every couple of houses-naturally the train stopped at everyone of them. I got the impression this was a definitive vision of Eastern Europe- got talking to a Bosnian-Croat woman called Sania, she didnæt speak much English, but like the ...

... lives, the youngest went into a back room and brought out a book of her own she had been reading in English. After explaining it was hers she said I could have it as a gift. Taken aback I offered one of ours in return but she didn't want anything. She eventually forced the book into my hand saying, "a gift from me to you". Virg has mocked me ever since for stealing from people less well off than me. I had no choice. This is what I mean by nice. Anyway, I wasn't that keen on ...