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SNIPER ALLEY, THEN AND NOW
... described the Dayton peace accord as convoluted re Bosnian politics. Somehow things have succeeded.
Arjan and I walked into town. We missed the area to start the ascent for views over the city, winding up going up the switchbacks used by cars. Any higher points were not available. The views were good if a bit hazy.
Arjan spotted the hangovers at Cevabdziniac Kurt so we tried the local specialty of little sausages and [strong] onions in a large ...
Istanbul of the West
... did not walk the streets counting cafes/bars, but I would estimate Sarajevo had fewer than Budapest, but perhaps on par or slightly more than Zagreb's sidewalk culture. Like the other comparisons, Sarajevo was certainly "alive". It rained in Sarajevo most of the time I was there (pouring for most of my only full day there, thankfully cooling the weather), but people were still everywhere. Sarajevo, more than Zagreb or Budapest, makes me wonder - what ...
A raisin in the sun
... side of the street sipping Bosnian coffees from little copper pitchers, lost in my book until I realize how hungry I am. At a small restaurant near the Basčarsija with the catchy name of Buregdazinica Ahmo Fast Food, I point to some sort of long tubes of baked phyllo. The woman behind the counter says, 'Meat?' I think they are called Burek, judging by the tiny picture on the menu, but I guess they could just as easily have be Sirnica, ...
Sarajevo in the thick of it all
... and, consequently, the outside world – allowing supplies in and the wounded out.
Arriving at the hostel, we got talking to a Canadian-Pakistani taking a sojourn in the area on his way from his home in Canada to family in Pakistan. Perhaps the past ethnic troubles of the area had rubbed off on us all, but within a few minutes we were discussing misconceptions of Islam.
“The people we are told are the dangerous Muslims,” he ...
Badass in Bosnia
... the things that establish our intellects and future lives, we would grow up in fear, learning to hate, seeing death, destruction daily. Its terribly sad. And all for something so fundamental as religious and ethnic differences. Makes you think how lucky you are I suppose.
One other important historical moment was the assisination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and I stood on the spot where a young Bosnian man shot him. I don't know why they did it though, ...