Tuesday 13th May 2014
Our replacement rental car arrives from Split and this time it’s a Skoda. It can’t be worse than the VW Passat and this time it only has 211 kms on the clock.
The usual great breakfast , after which we say our goodbyes to our hosts Nermin and Dzanita and set off, bound for the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. More magnificent scenery as we follow a succession of river gorges and lakes on a miserable day, weather-wise. Find a restaurant at Konjic where we get the usual very strong coffee and some very tasty apple slices which are really baklava.
Press on to Sarajevo amid rapidly worsening weather and find this city’s traffic by far the worst of any we have so far come across. One way streets abound and the torrential rain only makes matters worse. At one point we end up in blind alley , blocking a resident’s access to his house. The kind man explains that this has happened before and he extricates us from this mess by turning round our vehicle and pointing us in the direction of the correct street. We duly arrive at a lovely modern house set on the hill above Sarajevo and are greeted by a delightful couple, Dzenan and Alma. After a very welcome cup of tea we wander down to the Old Town and visit the City Museum, mainly to shelter from the pouring rain.
Find a local bar with a great ambience and Gail tries out a local berry brandy which goes down very well.
Take a taxi to a restaurant Kibe high on the hillside above the centre. Dzenan had suggested this eatery, to which Angelina Jolie had been previously and which is apparently frequented by the in-crowd of Sarajevo. Our arrival looking like half-drowned derelicts would have done nothing for their reputation! The meal was everything that Dzenan had said it would be so we headed back to our accommodation suitably fed and watered.
Turn in for an early night in expectation that the weather the next morning will allow us to further explore this east/ west melting pot of a city.
Cheers
The Obese Ferret
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