Hotel UNICA Sarajevo

... coffee, men in small workshops belting metal into shape, people selling silks, middle eastern lamps and tea sets, and lots of pastry shops selling burek. There were bazaars aplenty, fragrant smells ahoy and I immediately wanted to move here and starting devising business plans in my head so I could set up shop. It was a short lived dream and when I came back to planet earth we were standing in front of a restaurant talking to a man who introduced himself as &#8216 ...

... See the pics. <br><br>Also went to Pale (isn´t worth a visit, just thought it could be interesting regarding the history, but it is definitely not, there´s nothing to see) and Mostar. The way from Sarajevo to Mostar is AMAZING, the street goes through a canyon along a beautiful green-blue river. It´s breathtaking. Mostar is ...

Okay, i've gotten a little lazy with my posts but I got to Sarajevo at<br>a good time. Oh, btw, I forgot to day that when I got off in Mostar, I<br>lost my hoodie. So sunglasses, hoodie, camera case. Bit bad, but not<br>happy.<br><br><br><br>Anyway, I got to Sarajevo and got greeted by the very friendly<br>receptionist. She showed me to my room and I began the tour of the city<br>from the map ...

We awoke today to a grey miserable day it is like we have never left London, something that for the last couple of weeks we have not been used to, it's a shame it didn't stay that way. <br>We were hoping to catch an overnight train to Budapest but unlike us we actually looked into it in advance and found out that we could only catch a day train that left at 7 in the morning and doesn't arrive to 6pm. We thought we had a whole ...

... with a great common room, a fun kitchen, and free pasta and cornflakes! The only problem, as with all hostels at this time of the season, was that it was almost empty, except for a few people. Some Aussie girls where leaving the next day, a chinese guy was staying two more nights and some other people were leaving as I got in. Nothing like scaring them out. I showered up quickly, to put me in the mood to explore. I hate being dirty and walking around ...

... lt;-- very good The Seeker 2008 Slovenia/Bosnia . Film about a man who searches for mass graves of the victims from the Srebrenica massacre The Fourth Man 2007 Serbia http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0930856/ Hunger 2008 UK/Ireland http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0986233/ &lt;-- about the IRA, impressive film. Competition shorts 1 + 2 . About 12 shorts from Eastern Europe. Either Animation or Art house. We have never been to Venice 2008 Slovenia ***I have ...

... and of course all the people you randomly meet who are willing to share their stories. On my first day here, i went to go check out the tunnel that people used to bring food and supplies into the city during the seige. The entrance of the tunnel is at this small unassuming house in the suburbs. it´s hard to believe that this little hole in the ground could be a lifeline for this modern ...

... thermal baths! The baths consisted of three big outdoor baths surrounded by roman style buildings and statues. Before getting into each bath/pool there was a small shallow pool to wash your feet in, however given that it was like -7 degrees or something we kinda skipped that one as the water was not heated and it was bloody freezing out! There were also 12 indoor pools, some of which were open. These are used as medicinal pools and smelled really weird and were a greeny ...

... and even insisted on carrying my bag up the stairs. Clearly she needed the money. Anyway, this is all to explain why we may have gotten a more negative impression of the city than was warranted. There were a few highlights - the first day, we wandered by accident up to a point that offered a beautiful panoramic view of the city. We went to a great, quirky little bar (Zlatna Ribica) which gave us these mysterious but addictive bar snacks with their (relatively) inexpensive ...

... home to a cathedral, an Orthodox church, a mosque and a synangogue, and the fusion of cultures was fascinating. We spent lots of time sitting under umbrellas in outdoor cafes drinking strong coffee, eating the creamy artery-clogging cakes Bosnia is famous for, and watching the people go by. On our arrival evening, we headed out for dinner and the rain continued to pick up more and more. Soon it was like walking through sheets of water. We stumbled into ...