Hotel Sarajevo

... Konzum grocery store and tried to purchase a toothbrush with euros. The lady behind the register uttered &#8220;NO&#8221; &#8211; only Bosnian Marks (KM) were excepted. So we paid for the toothbrush with visa, and then found an ATM to get some of the local currency. Most people we&#8217;ve run into here have been extremely friendly &#8211; but unfortunately the Konzum lady was not one of them!<br><br>The coffee at this place on Ferhadija was about 3KM ...

... he inhaled them and sat quitely for a while longer.<br><br>About 30min later, around 11ish, we were about to crash out when our dog started moving and snarling. Just as I thought we needed to give more food to Fido he took off and crash tackled another dog sneaking up on our campsite. Good dog!<br><br>Any regret about those Doritos immediately dissapated. He chased the other dog off and we had our good guard dog. I threw out the rest of chocolate cookies for him and that was ...

... the food is ridiculously yummy (and of course, unhealthy). These are just some more reasons I will come back here at some point again. My next report will be after I've visited the Tunnel, and the history museum, and the national museum. There is so much I know already about here, and I still have to see the museums.<br><br>I love this city to a point where its kinda unsettling me, cos no other city has made me love it as quickly as 2 hours. I hope you all can experience it some time.<br>

... was made. Slowly, Sarajevo is recovering. Most of the buildings still have bullet holes in them, and I did see one Sarajevo Rose (shell fragments imbedded in the asphalt that are painted red), but the people in Sarajevo are pretty amazing. They lived through some of the most terrible conditions that people can live through, and it has created a sort of bond among the citizens of the city. Despite the *********omic conditions that Bosnia now faces, the people of Sarajevo ...

It was about a two hour train journey to Sarajevo. Seats were not allocated and we tried to elbow our way onto the train- like the locals did, but we wasted time trying to get seats altogether. So we missed out on seats, instead we shared 3 seats between the 7 of us- taking in turns. It wasn't too bad. The scenery was amazing. Luckily our carriage had entertainment ...

POLSKI: W Sarajewie szukali&#347;my noclegu przez jakie&#347; 2 godziny. Wszystkie hostele i hotele by&#322;y pe&#322;ne. Próbowa&#322;a nam nawet pomóc jaka&#347; kanadyjka z Quebecu, która w tym celu wsiad&#322;a z nami do auta, zajechali&#347;my pod jej dom i w Internecie wyszuka&#322;a nam kwatery. W ko&#324;cu powiedziano nam o jakim&#347; hostelu za 10 Euro/os. Francuzi zaparkowali auto i w czwórk&#281; poszli&#347;my ...

... of arriving we were hitting the town. Following the advice of one of Mum's trusty guidebooks, we took a "guided" walk around the old town, beginning by the old water fountain, and exploring the bazaars on the side streets. On ...

... over so you don't hit your head on the ceiling so much. Haris also took us to the former Olympic stadium from the 1984 games. Much of the original complex was shelled but has since been rebuilt with help from international sporting associations. Outside the stadium is a cemetery, one of many all over the city where the dead were buried during the war, the locals unable to lay them to rest anywhere else. As a final stop, Haris took us to see the Holiday Inn ...

... and there is probably another battle not too far off in the future. Much of the Sarajevo identity comes from the seige lifestyle. At the core of this is an 800m tunnel that was built from the city under the UN position out to the free Bosnian territory: through this 3ft wide tunnel flowed food, oil and weaponry to fight back. It is in visiting the embryonic museum and memorial here that you also meet the former soldiers who are the most candid about their ...

... beat of the music. It was an eventful drive wherever we went. Our fist destination was a small town, called Pocitelj, near Mostar that was currently only inhabited by an artists community. Many of the houses remained deserted and the town was extremely quiet. Historically the town was an important military station as it sat on a hill directly beside the major road that led to Mostar. The town still had evidence of the walls surrounding the it as ...