The Split Region via Mostar

Today we left Dubrovnik and headed north along the coastline, which was very scenic before heading east to the city of Mostar, which is in southern Bosnia and Herzegovina. About a 3hr drive. Another country stamped in our passports!

The city straddles the Nereteva River. It's known for the iconic Stari Most (old bridge), a reconstructed arched bridge that is very tricky to walk on and can be very slippery! The nearby alleys are full of shops and market stalls. Some make their own wares, and you can see them working away.

We went into a 16th-century Ottoman (Turkish) Mosque as well as the Biscevic House (Turkish) that dates back to the 17th century. When visitors would come by, you were either served hot or cold coffee...hot meant you were welcome to stay, and cold was a polite way of saying drink up and get out! If young single women were interested in the single men, they would be served coffee with salt in it unknown to him and anyone else in the room. This meant they were interested in marriage. She would then leave the room, and if the cup was empty when she returned, she knew his answer, and he would then have to ask her father for his permission.

You could see lots of damage to many buildings from the Bosnian War from the early 90s.

Burt had a traditional Bosniam Cevapi dish (grilled minced meat sauage) for lunch while I stuck with Spaghetti Bolgonese. We then did some shopping through the market and back on the bus to make our back to Croatia and to get checked into the Hotel Atrium in Split. Another 3hrs.
And every new place we have gone to Burt gets told he has a Scottish accent 😂Read more