Radon Plaza Sarajevo

... sent me an email... but thats another story!!). <br>Once free of my housekeeping obligations, I wandered the city and got a pleasant surprise! The local people are so friendly and postive, after 10 weeks of (yes I know it's a sweeping statement, but generally) coldness, it was so refreshing to come here and see people genuinely appearing happy, embracing each other and life. Another reason for ...

... where for three years the Serbs had cut off all water, power, fuel and roads. The Sarajevans had nothing but what they could come up with inside the city for survival or what few supplies the UN let in to the airport by air.<br><br>All the trees except for one park were cut down for fuel and one spring where the beer factory was located supplied water for the entire city. Getting to the water meant up to a 14 mile roundtrip for most residents and ...

... for a country that holds Olympics to let the event facilities fall apart like they have or whether it was just another result of the war, but it was kind of eerie seeing something that would have put them in the world spotlight at the time, now derelict and used as nothing more than a hang out spot for the local youth.<br><br>We were driven further down the hill and then asked to climb through some shrubs to get to a pile of rocks. As you looked down below you could see the main street ...

... 8217;t do much sightseeing that day, because we woke up late and I wanted to burn copies of my photos taken in the trip into a DVD to send home. I planned to go to Mostar in the south on a early morning bus the next day. I realized that my two days here were spent mostly to look at the past, but not the present &#8211; I didn&#8217;t really get the &#8220;feel&#8221; of the city as it is. Probably a mistake but like I said, there is always the next time.

... and most of all Islam, all of which are easily recongnisable today and lend the city an air of a more westernized Istanbul. More recently though, Sarajevo has been known more for tragedy than anything else. Until the nineties most people could only associate Sarajevo with the assasination that sparked world war one. And in the nineties we were beseiged with the images of the seige of Sarajevo by the Serbs and Slovadan Melosovic. The same geography that ...

... our favorite meals on the trip! We also enjoyed the coffee. We felt like this was the first city where we "enjoyed the cafe life" like you are supposed to in Europe. RANDOM We had another great example of girl drivers who are TERRIBLE. Yes, she was about 3 years old in a cute, little, battery-operated car. She and her dad were just out on a stroll when all of a sudden we saw her run right into the wall! She had just been looking the other way and not even paying attention! SO FUNNY!

... same as every other country we're driven through. Next stop was Sutjeska NP where we camped for the night and enjoyed wonderful mountain views and peace n quiet. Not much walking though as both of us are a little worn out from the extensive hiking in Montenegro. Our alarm clock for the next morning was bell wearing cows grazing outside the van. The drive from here to Mostar is amazingly beautiful and Mostar Old Town is picture perfect. It's hard to believe that this place ...

... a further destination), "my friend take you" - the other driver he shunted me towards being oblivious of course. room Despite requesting Pansion Bascarsija, Driver No2 first took me to a local home where I could have bunked dormitory style for E15 (no thanks) then insisted I take a look at Pansion Kandilj. Fortunately it turned out to be a fantastic find! Sparkling porcelain ...

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... losses. Wandering the streets of the Turkish quarter, craftsmen working with metal and wood, make this feel like the least European city we have yet visited. The Islamic influence is apparent eveywhere, with women in headscarves and mosques emitting the call to prayer. Eveyone seems keen to welcome tourists and can't do enough for you. Virg managed to buy a souvenir, and when, half an hour later, the same "sweet old man" tried to sell her another, I got the impression that ...