Hotel Hayat Sarajevo

... ones. Again, c&#8217;est la vie.<br><br> The first thing you notice when entering Bosnia, perched on a hill 200 metres passed the Croatian border is Restaurant Most. Most what? This half finished sentence restaurant irked me, but there wasn&#8217;t any time for a resolution as we zoomed passed, bound for Sarajevo. The second thing you notice in Bosnia is the bullet holes predominately featured in most, if not all buildings that are still standing 15 years after the ...

... influences, Sarajevo has become an amazing mix of eastern and western culture. From the city centre you can see the tops of a mosque, a synagogue and a church, all rising above the densely forested mountains that aurround the centre. Beneath these religious icons, a colourful mix of locals stroll slowly, drink coffee in the streets and chatter. Their skin colour is a mix of european with central asian, one might say a perfect mix. The ...

... was taken out of the freezer and defrosted in the microwave behind Ritchie's head. Having said that the food was delicious and quite cheap.   <br><br> The next day we struck out to see the 'Tunnel' museum. Following Bosnia and Hercegovina's declaration of independence Sarajevo was subjected to a 44 month siege by Yugoslav army and Bosnian Serb irregular forces. The Serbs completely encircled the city on the hilltops above and shelled it ...

... light. I was freezing, even with my jacket so in my clearest voice, I asked one of the coffeeshop owners for an espresso and whatever he recommend to eat. He pulled out this thing called a pee-ta or something of the like, which is like a hot crossiant stuffed with some sort of hot sweet cheese. It was extremely messy. We had a little conversation, or what I can only assume was a conversation. He talked all bosnian and I talked all english. Not a word of ...

... 40km = 10 - 20 euro) Instead pay 6-8km (3 - 4 euro) to go to the nearest tram stop. (called, STUP) From there get on line 3 to the city center. That line costs only 1.80km. (=0.90 euro) In total you should get to the city center for max 5 euro which is much better than the taxi rates. So, i first went to the hostel to drop my stuff and then went on to find the box office of the festival. I found it quite fast and the first thing i heard was that all ...

... Across from the hotel I visited the History Museum of Bosnia. Another perfect museum - 2 rooms, one which contained the history of Bosnia up to 1992 and the other which dealt with the war in the early '90s. The best thing about Sarajevo is the food! Everyday was the same - burek (sausage rolls) for lunch and cevapcici (grilled kebabs in a spongy bread) for dinner. You can fill up real good for about $10 a day here.

... our overnight train to Hungary at 10.30pm. This train was quite different to the presiov, had padded beds, was smooth and most importantly no drunken people. We actually got a decent night,s sleep. We reached our Budapest hostel by lunchtime and then headed out to get our bearings. Our first day was spent walking along the main road of Pest down to the square where there was the amazing heros monument and seeing the huge ice skating rink, thermal baths and old castle ...

She says: I blame Lonely Planet. From the major LP build-up, I expected to have to tear myself away from the city after wandering its streets for days longer than we'd planned. In reality, I was ready to move on less than 24 hours after we'd arrived. Don't get me wrong - I admire the courage and the perseverence the people of Sarajevo have shown in rebuilding their city after the siege in the 90s. I just wasn't compelled to spend much time there. Much of our stay, though ...

... main train station and set out to find our hostel. We bought a tram ticket from the kiosk, and were immediately short-changed by the surly woman inside - apparently giving change isn't really the done thing in this part of the world, you just kind of round up and hope for the best. Our tram stopped in the old Turkish Quarter, opposite the aptly named Pigeon Square, and we set off through the maze of tiny, winding streets. Since it was mostly uphill, and ...

... inside the tram, but to our surprise we were seized by a tram inspector as soon as we hopped off the car. He was holding out his hand and wrote down on a piece of paper "26 KM" (26 Bosnian Marks) which seemed like some kind of inappropriate joke. When he realized we didn't understand him he started leading us away, yelling "Okay, Policija! Policija!". At some point two other surly looking guys joined in and ...