Foto: The rebuilt bridge of Mostar (bron: Ronald van der Veer)
Bosnia and Herzegovina - The Bosnian street scene looks noticeably poorer compared to Croatia. Here and there, you still see damaged houses from the Balkan War. It cannot be the landscape; nature is beautiful. The road winds through the hills and mountains. For tonight, we have a hotel with a view of the old city of Mostar. The navigation directs us into the old town. When we are practically at the old and famous bridge of Mostar, we should be at the hotel. We cannot find it. A lady in a shop calls the hotel. "Stay here," she says, "someone is coming." Shortly after, a man gets into our car. He shows us the way to the hotel. We had already passed it. Because Mostar mainly has one-way streets, it is difficult to turn back. The hotel is beautiful with nice rooms and is located right in the old town. From the hotel, I can walk straight to the old bridge, the Stari Most. The bridge was built in 1557 over the Neretva River. Twilight slowly falls over Mostar.
Old town of Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Parking in a narrow alley next to the hotel. We carefully reverse the car into the alley. Several cars can park one after another here. If someone needs to get out, the hotel moves the other cars. We have to leave the keys for this. We walk into the center. ...
Olympic bobsleigh track 1984
Bosnia and Herzegovina - We leave Sarajevo and drive into the hills on the other side of the Miljacka River. The navigation leads us through winding back roads into the mountains, where some roads rise steeply with gradients of more than twenty percent. We have to take a run-up ...
Una National Park
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Now the task is to find Una National Park. A passerby explains that we must turn right over the bridge. Then we will come across it naturally. Along the road, we see no signs or indications. Will it go well? When we are almost at the entrance, we see ...