girl without a path (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} harm1020) wrote,@ 2007-06-19 17:43:00 |
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Sarajevo
Belgrade, Serbia was fun. Our hostel, downtown hostel, was very nice and the lady who ran it was very cool. She read our palms and showed us card tricks.
The city is very modern looking though as times you'll walk by a bombed building but they have reconstructed nearly the entire city! They have a huge fortress and a military museum. Plus there are barges on the Sava river that are actually clubs.
There are two rives around Belgrade. The Sava and the Danube. For this reason the city has been rebuilt 40 times b/c it's a really easy place for other people to attack~
In sarajevo right now. It's amazing here. We came in on a night bus and paid 7 euro for a taxi *expensive*. Then we checked into a sketch hostel, Hostel Ljubicica, with a zillion beds and one bathroom and one shower. The shower and bathroom were dirty. Kathy showered and convinced me to wait a few days b/c it's too gross here!! It also has lockers that don't lock...not cool. We were sure we were going to get robbed..but we didn't. The beds were wooden slats with some missing slats and a thin mattress on top. I was certain that the bed was going to collapse and I was going to fall on top of Kathy! Our room didn't have a window and was connected to several other rooms. It was so hot and stuffy in there. So anyways, other than our hostel it's really beautiful here and they have done so much reconstruction here in the last ten years. We saw a film and saw buildings on fire and getting bombs blown up in them. These same buildings are fully rebuilt and look as modern as anything you would find in the US. It's amazing b/c Sofia in Bulgaria has never been bombed and looks like a big huge dump. This place is so beautiful and the people are so happy looking unlike the majority of Bulgarians! Belgrade was the same way.
All around Sarajevo are red circles of concrete. These are called Sarajevo Roses. Those spots are where air artillary hit the concrete and exploded. The reconstruction companies redid a lot of sidewalks and so many of the Roses are gone, but the city now makes sure the existing ones will remain as reminds of a city that was under seige for four years and never gave up and in the end was victorious. They also symbolize all the lives that were lost durin the four years that they were surrounded.
We walked to the latin bridge and saw the spot where Franz Ferdinand was shot and the spot where the shooter stood. This assination was what started WWI. Therefore, very historcial spot!
We also went to the tunnel museum. The tunnel was for people here to get from in the town to out of the town to get supplies that the town desperately needed. The town was surrounded by Serbs expect for the airport and the tunnel went there to get the supplies. It was built in four months and 4 days. Most of it is collapsed but they have perserved 25meters of it and we got to walk through it.
Also in Sarajevo is a mosque, temple, and church within 150 meters of each other. The only other place in the world where this happens is in Jeresulem. I didn't know this, but Sarajevo historically has been a place of tolerance and religious diversity and peace. I love it here so much.
Tonight we are taking a night bus to Split, Croatia. Tomorrow afternoon I'll be on the beach drinking beer. I cannot wait! Kathy and I will be on the beaches of Croatia till the 30th.
Belgrade, Serbia was fun. Our hostel, downtown hostel, was very nice and the lady who ran it was very cool. She read our palms and showed us card tricks.
The city is very modern looking though as times you'll walk by a bombed building but they have reconstructed nearly the entire city! They have a huge fortress and a military museum. Plus there are barges on the Sava river that are actually clubs.
There are two rives around Belgrade. The Sava and the Danube. For this reason the city has been rebuilt 40 times b/c it's a really easy place for other people to attack~
In sarajevo right now. It's amazing here. We came in on a night bus and paid 7 euro for a taxi *expensive*. Then we checked into a sketch hostel, Hostel Ljubicica, with a zillion beds and one bathroom and one shower. The shower and bathroom were dirty. Kathy showered and convinced me to wait a few days b/c it's too gross here!! It also has lockers that don't lock...not cool. We were sure we were going to get robbed..but we didn't. The beds were wooden slats with some missing slats and a thin mattress on top. I was certain that the bed was going to collapse and I was going to fall on top of Kathy! Our room didn't have a window and was connected to several other rooms. It was so hot and stuffy in there. So anyways, other than our hostel it's really beautiful here and they have done so much reconstruction here in the last ten years. We saw a film and saw buildings on fire and getting bombs blown up in them. These same buildings are fully rebuilt and look as modern as anything you would find in the US. It's amazing b/c Sofia in Bulgaria has never been bombed and looks like a big huge dump. This place is so beautiful and the people are so happy looking unlike the majority of Bulgarians! Belgrade was the same way.
All around Sarajevo are red circles of concrete. These are called Sarajevo Roses. Those spots are where air artillary hit the concrete and exploded. The reconstruction companies redid a lot of sidewalks and so many of the Roses are gone, but the city now makes sure the existing ones will remain as reminds of a city that was under seige for four years and never gave up and in the end was victorious. They also symbolize all the lives that were lost durin the four years that they were surrounded.
We walked to the latin bridge and saw the spot where Franz Ferdinand was shot and the spot where the shooter stood. This assination was what started WWI. Therefore, very historcial spot!
We also went to the tunnel museum. The tunnel was for people here to get from in the town to out of the town to get supplies that the town desperately needed. The town was surrounded by Serbs expect for the airport and the tunnel went there to get the supplies. It was built in four months and 4 days. Most of it is collapsed but they have perserved 25meters of it and we got to walk through it.
Also in Sarajevo is a mosque, temple, and church within 150 meters of each other. The only other place in the world where this happens is in Jeresulem. I didn't know this, but Sarajevo historically has been a place of tolerance and religious diversity and peace. I love it here so much.
Tonight we are taking a night bus to Split, Croatia. Tomorrow afternoon I'll be on the beach drinking beer. I cannot wait! Kathy and I will be on the beaches of Croatia till the 30th.
