Pansion Lion Sarajevo

... to see him again before he left. He didn&#8217;t show, but we had few drinks anyway watching the young crown dance and make out to the jazz, and I wished I could stay longer. <br> The next morning we were up early to catch the bus to Mostar, famous for it&#8217;s bridge and funky little town. Unfortunately when we arrived we noticed that the only other bus to Split which we could take that day departed in half an hour, and seeing we spent way too much money in ...

... we paid the fine. I said, 'forget it, we won't pay this..' But my two friends (who were in Bosnia for the first time) could not believe what was happening and felt really really uncomfortable. (The scene, which went on for 10-15mins was quite harassing) They decided to pay for all of us. <br><br>We got off and went to the hostel. My friends were kind of shocked and went to bed. I was quite mad and disappointed. I decided to go to a Bosnian friend to tell him what happened ...

... local dish of marinated sausages with flatbread and onions. The street food is burek (greasy meat pie) served by the kilo. Bosnia is also rich in history, which is not so far back in time. The revolution from communist Serbia took place between 1992 and 1996 and you can still see bullet holes in some of the buildings in the new city. We took a tour to learn about some of this history and went through "sniper alley ...

... long to find the local specialty of lamb Burek covered in a garlicky yoghurt sauce. Not to greasy and not to flaky it is the perfect combination. <br>On full stomachs (for less than &euro;2.50 together) off we went to discover our new city. In the small alley ways surrounded the Burek shop you can hear and see the copper craftsmen turn plane metal into beauty. The old Turkish quarter is a labyrinth of polished cobblestone lane ways of mainly one story high wooden ...

... night. The next day, I decided that it was best to plan my next travel out. Whereas I originally wanted to go to Kosovo and Albania, I found that the more I thought about it, the less I wanted to really see of mosques and old concrete buildings, and the more I wanted to see of beautiful nature. I had seen enough buildings in the last 3 months, it was time for some panoramas. Therefore the choice was easy: I snagged a ticket to Dubrovnik, the pearl of ...

... Mostar and Neum for this trip. (i suspect it will be flooded with tourists there as well) I will go to Tuzla, Brcko this Friday to visit some Bosnian relatives. I can also stay at their house, have dinner, live the Bosnian way.... so i am really looking forward. :) It really sucks to have so many tourists around here. Luckily my main purpose is the film festival this time.. and not Sarajevo itself... I will leave Haris Youth Hostel tomorrow and stay at ...

Pitkasta aikaa jotain tannekin. Viimeinen paiva Mostarissa meni paikkoja kierrellessa ja vihdoin burekiin tutustuessa. Vanhan sillan ymparisto on ihan mielenkiintoinen ja ansaitusti Unescon listoilla. Loytyy museoita, moskeijoita ja muuta mukavaa. Sillan lahelta loytyy luolaan rakennettu baari ja mostarilaiset nuoret hyppivat sillalta parinkymmenen metrin matkan jokeen nyhdettyaan turisteilta tarpeeksi rahaa. Itseasiassa hostellin kautta olisi mahdollista suorittaa sama temppu itsekin, mutta ...

... evil eye, handmade cards and two sets of worry beads - one for every day use and a silver one for going out. We went down to breakfast at Halvat and after nearly a month of Turkish breakfasts the breakfast of fresh fruit, juice and pancakes was welcome indeed. After our sumptuous feast we rugged up for our planned walk around Sarajevo. It was a cold day and there was snow lying in the streets and on the roofs ...

Sarajevo has been selected half by plan and half by petulance. For the former qualification its a city that carries hundreds of years of history including all too much in the last 15 years. For the latter, it was a place in the map that met my criterion of "not in Croatia". Yes, sometimes grumpy decisions get made. But rarely do they work out so well. We had no real idea of what to expect, and in retrospect it would be tough to create an accurate preconception ...

We took a lovely train ride through the countryside of Bosnia today, to a town called Mostar. It also had damage from the war. One street was still in pretty bad shape with lots of broken up and bombed out buildings. It was a small town but we wandered around it and ...