October 2023. Sarajevo. Bosnia Herzegovina. One last Balkan post before I return to exciting posts from (checks photos) Wakefield and Wem. In a sense we left the best till last. The famous Winter Olympics bobsleigh and luge track is Sarajevo’s equivalent of London’s disused Olympic stadium that a minor football team plays at, or the… Continue reading SARAJEVO ’84 BOBSLEIGH TRACK
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FINALLY, THE CRAFT PLACE IN SARAJEVO
October 2023. Sarajevo. Bosnia & Herzegovina. The penultimate Bosnia post, which is a relief for me as much as you as I keep forgetting whether it’s Bosnia Herzegovina, or “&” or “and”. Wars start over these things; on Discourse anyway. These days I prefer overseas tours to be less than a week as by the… Continue reading FINALLY, THE CRAFT PLACE IN SARAJEVO
THE BEST SERVICE WE’VE EVER HAD
October 2023. Sarajevo. We’d spent two hours in a minibus wondering whether our Bosnian tour guide could get the indomitable US traveller Haley back to a hotel by 20:35 to meet a transfer to a bus to Belgrade from which she would head to Nice, and thence possibly to Chad. We couldn’t keep up with… Continue reading THE BEST SERVICE WE’VE EVER HAD
A PINT OF “MIXED” AT SARAJEVO’S PIVNICA
October 2023. Sarajevo. Bosnia & Herzegovina. In truth there’s a limited number of different things you can do when exploring a new city. Aimless walking, rating churches, burnt out Olympic sites, arguments over Untappd ratings and huge lunches are obviously a key part of the visit, but it would be unusual if a pub didn’t… Continue reading A PINT OF “MIXED” AT SARAJEVO’S PIVNICA
CRAFT BEER AND BAKLAVA IN SARAJEVO’S OLD BAZAAR
October 2023. Sarajevo. Bosnia & Herzegovina. Mrs RM had found us a modest hotel right in the heart of Baščaršija, Sarajevo’s old bazaar. I hadn’t really imagined Bosnia’s capital looking like a mini-Istanbul, which is what you get when you don’t read your history. A bit less frantic than a Turkish old town, but just… Continue reading CRAFT BEER AND BAKLAVA IN SARAJEVO’S OLD BAZAAR
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