This article was submitted by ISA BELLE, a Dutch student studying in Mostar, Herzegovina.
Bihac is a town of approximately 50,000 inhabitants in the north-west of Bosnia, cut in twice by the Una River and close to the border with Croatia. A few people that I talked to made me really excited prior to my trip. They told me that it was a beautiful town with astonishing nature, and they mentioned Una a lot.
A blog reader asked me to find the all the music played in the movie Grbavica, a film about “the life of a single mother in contemporary Sarajevo in the aftermath of systematic rapes of Bosniak women by Chetniks’ troops during the war.” “I hope that you will add this to your website because it is a great help for people who are looking for the titles from the music of GRBAVICA….I LOVE BOSNIA I HERZOGOWINA. [sic]”
This article was submitted by DENIS, a traveler in Bosnia.
An “Obama” suit, manufactured in the textile factory Borac meaning Fighter, has become a fashion trend in Bosnia-Herzegovina and been spreading all over the country.
This article was submitted by ISA BELLE, a Dutch student studying in Mostar, Herzegovina.
“Do you want to go for a coffee with me next week” is what people in Holland like to say. In Bosnia, no one will ever say this to you. Going for a coffee here is not something you plan to do. You go for a coffee when you meet a friend, acquaintance or someone you have not seen for years on the street. Furthermore, according to Bosnian culture, going for a coffee means so much more than just going for a cup of coffee.
This article was submitted by ISA BELLE, a Dutch student studying in Mostar, Herzegovina.
With approximately 7000 inhabitants, a few cozy coffee bars serving good cakes and cheap coffee Prozor itself is not that interesting; however, the surrounding nature is amazing, especially Ramsko Jezero (Ramsko Lake), where two of my friends and I visited this Monday.
Finally finally….
I was searching the net, preparing for my trips to Berlin when Honza skyped me “Karadzic was arrested. I’m watching it on CNN.” “No, I can’t be. I’ve just surfed that site.” I objected and refreshing CNN home page, still nothing. I googled around but came up empty. Then there it was, the familiar breaking news yellow banner with the large text “War crimes fugitive Radovan Karadzic has been arrested, AP reports quoting the office of Serbian President.”
SwimmersGuide is an excellent, well-kept user-collaborate database of swimming pools around the world.
The Mehmed Paša Sokolovic Bridge over the Drina River in the town of Višegrad was recently added to Unesco Hermitage List. This historically significant bridge is featured in Nobel Prize-winning author Ivo Andric’s “Bridge over the Drina,” a novel describing century-spanning stories and
events taking places in Bosnia, affecting the lives of multi-ethnic Bosnians: Muslims, Turks, Serbs and gypsies.
Update: Some facts are corrected. Thanks to La Banda’s pianist Misko!
At the end of the 1980s, La Banda was one of the best-known bands on Sarajevo’s alternative rock scene. The musicians were just about to complete their debut album when their plans were dramatically changed by war. This personal documentary by the journalist and director Sergej Kreso, La Banda’s bass guitarist, records a reunion of members of the group after more than 15 years. The old friends return to Sarajevo from five different countries to complete two last songs and therefore finish the album they began before the war. However, Graffiti Street is not just a documentary about a meeting of musicians after a separation caused by war.
Two weeks ago I arrived at The Hague, Netherlands to visit a friend of mine, Nada, who interned at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. She and I taught at the same high school in Sarajevo in 2006. I flew at 6:20 a.m., thus all I wanted to do the rest of the morning was to take a quick nap before exploring the city.
My name is Cindy, also rhymes with travel junkie. A friend said I was probably a gipsy in my previous life. One of my many secret missions in life is to convert you to run off every once in awhile.
