Preview of Leahandgreg's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/leahandgreg/5/1218492780/tpod.html This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Entry Title: "Cevapici time" Entry: "We arrived about 9 am and caught the tram into the old town where we both somehow got an immediate morocco vibe. With a little help we found the haris hostel agency where the girl said she would just need to call her brother. She then took us to a taxi and paid him to take us to the hostel. We were getting worried as to where this place was. "If they have to get us a taxi and have a separate office where is this place?" It was only a 10 minute walk away but straight up the hill so they got us a taxi - what service. When we got in we were met by a lady and shown to our rooms but she said "I still need to clean, but my son he very busy he come later to see you" any questions were answered with a short but good attempt at English then, "my son he come" or Leah getting a pat on the back. We hung around a bit so we could both get a shower as we were both feeling pretty disgusting after our 12 hour bus ride with the smokers. It was almost midday and getting pretty hot by the time we got into town, we walked around the old town and down to the outdoor market where we got ourselves some walnuts and fruit and then back along the river scoping out nice places to sit and drink beer but thinking at the same time it was a little too early. I kept looking at buildings covered with bullet holes and thinking, 'wow I have no idea about what went on here and not even any idea about the whole Yugoslavian story. This feels like it should be really interesting but I just don't know anything about it.' We went into the old town for a small cevap each which consists of 5 cevapici's in a nice big soft pita bread with fresh onion and we were told yoghurt. It was very tasty but so filling. We then went and sat in the park and said "it's lucky we are going on Haris' tour tomorrow or I'm not sure I would get that much out of being here". We then went to the Sarajevsko pivo brewery for a couple of beers. It was very nice and cool inside and the beers went down a treat. When we got back up to the hostel we met Haris and spent the evening out on the terrace drinking beers and talking to some English guys before the lack of sleep on the bus the night before eventually caught up with us. After another bad experience trying to buy milk for cereal we went out on the tour at 10. first stop the tunnel museum. We entered the tunnel and walked a small section of the tunnel that people used for transporting food, people and weapons in and out of during the 40 something months Sarajevo was surrounded. We then got a bit of a rundown on the war from Haris which was very helpful in understanding what went on. We then went up to the mountains to see the old bobsled track for the 1984 winter Olympics passing the people searching for landmines on the mountains on the way up. It was pretty cool and had a few holes bashed through to use as a shield when shooting through. The Olympics is obviously a huge source of pride for them and a memory of better times. "we bid for the Olympics again but the say not safe enough and too many landmines" said Haris. We stopped for an amazing view over the city and when you look you realise what an amazing location Sarajevo is in. right in the middle of a valley surrounded by mountains. You then realise that this makes it very vulnerable and picture it completely surrounded in a very ************* to defend from. We also went into the Olympic stadium and walked around. Then onto the old parliament house and new parliament house which was still being built but looked much more impressive and less bullet ridden than the old one, but not as bullet ridden as sniper alley where we went next. it was basically where the people of Sarajevo could come to collect UN aid and the surrounding hills full of snipers picking them off. We then ..." Read and see more at: www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/leahandgreg/5/1218492780/tpod.html Photos from this trip: 1. "The old town" 2. "Streets of handmade trinkets in the old town" 3. "Sarajevo market" 4. "Cevapi with yogurt" 5. "Good stuff" 6. "One of the many cemetaries" 7. "Sunset" 8. "Going through the tunnel" 9. "What!!! In the war it was 80kg not 20?!?" 10. "Map of sarajevo surrounded" 11. "Bobsled from the 1984 winter olympics" 12. "Sniper hole in the bobsled track" 13. "Building on sniper alley" 14. "Sarajevo olympic stadium" 15. "Still love their olympics" 16. "Olympic stadium" 17. "The applause was overwhelming" 18. "Haris hostel" See this TripWow and more at tripwow.tripadvisor.com/tripwow/ta-00bb-a44c-6132?ytv4=1

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