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I arrived to Sarajevo at late night with the bus from Beograd. As I exited the bus I discovered that I wasn't at the bus-station which I had hoped. I was not at the central busstation, but at "the other" busstation 15km outside town...Shit...<br />Lucky for me a local girl was to be picked up by her boyfriend and she offered me a ride with them into the center. So around 10.00 in the evening I finally after 20 hours of travelling got to the youth-hostel. And what a mess. The bed I had ordered wasn't there. And already one guy was sleeping on the couch in the kitchen. Luckily enough after an hour of waiting I got an other couch made ready for me an my backpack and I went directly to bed.

Sarajevo - last stop on the road

Anna Sofie Andersen
2006-03-16 19:39:39

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when the tribunes are packed with people. For me it was one of the biggest experiences at the whole of my
if there is one thing that charms a tourist from the cold north it is how the locals spend their time socialising over a game of chess in the afternoon.trip.

But the day should turn out to be even better. As we returned to the hostel we joined what fastly became a party in the kitchen. And what a party. With beer-botles of 2 litres, people fastly began talking. And the night started forming into a morning headache.

We fastly got thrown out of the kitchen and at around midnight we ended up down at the centersquare, with even more beer than when we started. I was sitting at the fountain enjoying the atmosphere of the evening, when this aussie guy asked me if I liked watching porn with my boyfriend. I think I got blank for a few secunds before I answered that it wasn't really anything I got turned on by. And by the way who the fuck are you? His name is Aaron Patrick, he is from Adelaide and has been travelling Europe for 2½ years and for the next five days of my life we became one!
It was a strange feeling here on the final days of my travel to meet a guy with whom I connected so easily. But great though. Great to have someone to share the beauty of Sarajevo with.

We went the next standing at the bridge from where 1st world war evolved.day for a halfday trip to see the tunnel museum and the jewish graveyard from where Serbian snipers shot on what in present days has been known as Snipers Alley. It was amazing to see these places. To be surrounded by such a terrible and yet beautifull history and knowing that it happened only a decade ago at the very grounds on which I was now standing. But what was most amazing and wonderfull was afterwards to see the life of Sarajevo as it is today. Café-life and the older generation enjoying chess in the free.

All-in-all I believe Sarajevo to be one of the most fascinating cities I ever visited and the Bosnian people to be extremely kind and open. It was a great end of my trip. Aaron went with me back to Ljubljana and I had the fortunate luck to for once on my trip being able to sleep comfortable in the nightbus with my head on the shoulder of the passanger next to me.

My trip had ended and I was back from where I left a month earlier. But changed! I have now found in myself a passionate love for the wild beauty of south-eastern Europe.

One day in the near future I will return. I will visite my Ljubljana and enjoy more of the Croatian Islands and the beauties of Albania, Macedonia and surtantly Bosnia.
Anna