Hotel Aqua Sarajevo

... br> We were on our way to the Turkish quarters and it was a great place to stay. Tiny cobbled streets, arts and craft shops, little cafes, restaurants and beautiful mosques ran alongside a river flowing through the city. One of the bridges over this river was the one where Franz Ferdinand and his wife were killed, signalling the start of World War One. I also visited a huge Islamic cemetery which information told me had also taken in any Muslim travellers that had ...

... which have a clear menu card. But even this is not safe: after one dinner it happened that a waiter said that the menu card was outdated. And then the struggle begins...

Many of the hostels owners i spoke with and Bosnian friends i know say the country is ill. "Corruption is even higher than in Albania" Said one of them. I just hope the people in Bosnia will realize ripping off tourists is not the right thing to do to fulfill the country money needs. (taxes are ...

... after reading my experience, you can form your perception about the city not for what it was 15 years ago, but for what it is now. This city has suffered, you can see that by walking two blocks in any direction. But its come out of its dark past to turn itself into a magnificent cocktail of metropolitan city lights and the historical preservation of all destruction that has been documented by every news channel around the globe.

Sarajevo is a city thats built in a ...

... who works at the hostel. For people who dont know Sarajevo is surronded by hills and for 4 years from 91 to 95 the whole city was surronded and under attack by the Serbs as they placed there artilary on the hills and had snippers all over the hills just picking off people as they were running around the city. The 4 years is actually a record for the longest underseige attack in history where the city was bombared for 4 years straight. Could you just imagine that 4 years of your ...

... who must have come from the english part, topped off our little quartet, and we watched some movie, I now pronounce you Chuck and Larry. Found out I could only handle so much of Will Ferrel. The next day was one of full on blogging. Think I got at least two entries in. I really should make these things shorter and start to do more sightseeing, but the longer you travel, the more tired you get. Home will be a nice break between traveling. Ended up ...

... greatness. I think they did this because Spacey visited Sarajevo. I can also say which film ended second in the audience award. One about Srebrenica... I said good bye to the festival at Friday night. I packed my bags and took a bus to Tuzla where i would be staying for one night to catch a bus to Brcko next day. Good to know: last time i got back from Bosnia i had an expensive phone bill waiting for me. Yes i called a lot with Bosnian friends and also send some text ...

... laitettiin opettamaan ausseja juomaan kahvia bosnialaisittain. Torstaina lahdettiin Ollin ja yhden Majdan hostellissa majailleen pariskunnan kanssa aamulla kohti Sarajevoa. Matkaa on kehuttu kauniiksi eika ihan suotta. Alkumatka menee jokea seuraillen, kunnes lahdetaan kiipeamaan ylos vuorille, mista avautuu tosi hyvat nakymat. Juna lahti puoli kahdeksan aikoihin aamulla ja noin kymmenelta oltiin Sarajevossa. Hostelli oli buukattu Majdan kautta, joten taallakin oli kyyti valmiina ...

... Some of these had filled with water and had frozen overnight. The girls took delight in running along and breaking the ice on the top of the frozen bullet-hole-puddles. The irony of this wasn't lost on me. We crossed the Latin Bridge, site of the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand, the event that kicked off the First World War. Having just come from Gallipoli this had even greater significance. Despite ...

... trying to avoid the appearance of massive desperation which would have been the wholly accurate response. Stroke of luck: for 20 euro we got a private house to ourselves, in the heart of the old town, two doors down from the British Ambassador's residence. Sure it took us three days to figure out the hot water, but overall it was a huge win. No invite around for cucumber sandwiches with the Ambassador either. Our first step to learning more of the city's ...

... west so there is lots of interesting culture mixing. In Sarejevo they have on one block a Catholic church, Muslim mosque and Greek orthodox church. There is so much more I would like to write about this wonderful city, but I am running out of time. I hope to post pictures if i can soon. for now you can see Craigs blog- http://euroryoko.blogspot.com he has some pictures and is a much better writer anyway! take care all!