Sarajevo really is an amazing city. What the people of that it have been through (a 4 year long siege,bombed buildings, so many lives lost) it is simple mind boggling! Everyone in Sarajevo has a story about the war and are willing to share it. They live Bill Clinton because he saved them by bombing Serbia (with NATO support). Sarajevo is also filled with so many different cultures and religions (bosnians-muslim, Croats-Catholics, Serbians-greek/Russian orthodox). You can find a church and a mosque right across the street from each other. This area has such a complicated history (from roman rule, to their own kings, to austro-Hungarian rule, to being part of communist Yugoslavia, to fighting Serbia and Croatia to stay their own counties). Our first day there we got s tour from a guy with a masters in history. So informative but he had a very harsh view on Serbs, croats, and his own bosnians. We also went to two museums with really heart breaking exhibits on the war. We also saw Latin Bridge where world war 1 started. When it happened the people thought of him as a hero but now some consider him terrorist. We also saw how they have had to turn any park or large a soccer field into grave yards (we have some pictures from above the city that boggle your mind and shock you! But it is amazing how these bosnians still have to live and work with people that they know killed their friends and family. This area is still much of a powder keg waiting to go off.
The night life in Sarajevo was wonderful!! It was so hot during the day but it really cooled off and there was a breeze at night! There were colorful cages everywhere!! The streets were packed with young and old!! This made it hard to sleep at our hostel because it was old town.
Micah really soaked every bit of Sarajevo! I found it to be very overwhelming but wonderful people!
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