Mostar

📌 We crossed back out of the EU into Bosnia and Herzegovina. We with both interested to learn a little bit of history as it definitely is a country we knew little about.

📌 We arrived early and enjoyed lunch at a low key restaurant where the woman was waiting and cooking fresh local Bosnian food. The Cevapi were delicious, the stuffed peppers and the stuffed vine leaves (Japrak) were nice and hearty! The prices were super cheap, most meals were around 15-30 euros including drinks.

📌 The old town was beautiful, tradition shops lining the streets (a little touristy however), the old bridges and the clear rivers running amongst the Ottoman style buildings made a pleasant atmosphere to walk around, particularly in the late afternoon. Again, we found a local craft brewery serving delicious beers at good prices, hence we visited twice ☺️ One evening we ventured into the newer city to a restaurant on my agenda, the service was terrible and they wouldn't seat us despite us trying to find a compromise. We ended up going to a very average pizza restaurant 🤷

📌 The final day we learnt about the Bosnian genocide and war post Yugoslavia. It was another learning experience of horror, frustration and sadness from the past that seems to be recurrent as we travel but yet seems to not change, history repeating itself today 🤯 We ended the day with a delicious dinner and wine, making up for the previous night. A shame we didn't get to Sarajevo but perhaps next time.Read more