The most memorable moment of my life, at least in recent memory, is when I travelled to Sarajevo.
I arrived on a bus in the wee hours of the morning which dropped me off at the outskirts of the city. As there was no pubilc transportation running at that hour, I walked for quite a few hours to get into town. It was unreal to see the progressive change in the urban landscape: I saw buildings that were pock-marked from mortar shells change to beautiful mosques to an urban centre.
I was also a vegetarian at the time and didn't know that pretty much anywhere you go in Sarajevo, meat is on the menu. After settling my things at the hostel, I walked the city for another three hours, searching for something to eat before breaking down in tears on a street corner because I was hungry. I returned to the hostel in despair, where a fellow guest told me about "sropska". It's basically a greek salad without the olives. That's pretty much what I ate the entire duration of my stay there.
Sarajevo is situated in a valley surrounded by hilly mountains. A river runs through the city. Considering the landscape, it's amazing the people survived the Seige considered they'd be surrounded by snipers who were perched in the mountains and surrounded the city. I did visit the museum that permanently e
Upon my return to Canada after my holiday abroad, I picked up Stephen Galloway's book "The Cellist of Sarajevo" and thought it was so cool to read such an accurate depiction of a city and country I had recently visited.
I arrived on a bus in the wee hours of the morning which dropped me off at the outskirts of the city. As there was no pubilc transportation running at that hour, I walked for quite a few hours to get into town. It was unreal to see the progressive change in the urban landscape: I saw buildings that were pock-marked from mortar shells change to beautiful mosques to an urban centre.
I was also a vegetarian at the time and didn't know that pretty much anywhere you go in Sarajevo, meat is on the menu. After settling my things at the hostel, I walked the city for another three hours, searching for something to eat before breaking down in tears on a street corner because I was hungry. I returned to the hostel in despair, where a fellow guest told me about "sropska". It's basically a greek salad without the olives. That's pretty much what I ate the entire duration of my stay there.
Sarajevo is situated in a valley surrounded by hilly mountains. A river runs through the city. Considering the landscape, it's amazing the people survived the Seige considered they'd be surrounded by snipers who were perched in the mountains and surrounded the city. I did visit the museum that permanently e
Upon my return to Canada after my holiday abroad, I picked up Stephen Galloway's book "The Cellist of Sarajevo" and thought it was so cool to read such an accurate depiction of a city and country I had recently visited.
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