Sarajevo is the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and apart from the siege, the assassination, and the Winter Olympics, I didn’t know much about the city. For my generation, the name Sarajevo is probably as synonymous with conflict as Saigon is for a Boomer. I visited Sarajevo without researching what to see so I could […]
Notes on Mostar – Visiting the famous bridge of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mostar is home to one of the most famous bridges in Europe. For those of us who lived through the nineties news cycle of the Yugoslav Wars, it become a symbol of the war when it was destroyed during the Bosnian War in 1993. The Stari Most (Old Bridge) has since been reconstructed and is […]
Apartment Review: App&Rooms “Rime”, Sarajevo – Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hotel Name: App&Rooms “Rime”. Address: Đoke Mazalića 2, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. I stayed at App&Rooms “Rime” in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. I booked online at the rate of €18 per night, and I selected it for its price and location in Sarajevo. I was unfamiliar with Sarajevo, so I studied the map to work […]
Guesthouse Review: Villa Globus, Mostar – Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hotel Name: Apartment&Rooms Villa Globus Mostar. Address: Drage Palavestre 6, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. I stayed at Apartment&Rooms Villa Globus Mostar in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. I booked online at the rate of €15.30 per night, and I booked it for its price and location in Mostar. The Villa Globus is about halfway between the […]
(Inadvertent) New Country Day: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina Date: 24 May 2012 Here at Nomadic Notes I like to keep track of when I visit a country for the first time, which I celebrate as New Country Day. I’ve been back to lots of countries, but you can never reclaim the same experience of entering a country for the […]