Dubrovnik to Mostar to Sarajevo

Dubrovnik to Mostar to Sarajevo
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
12:11 PM

We got our bus without a hassle and after a few hours started trekking around Bosnia. Mostar is a beautiful city and well known for its bridges. The river that runs through it is very deep so people take advantage and spend a lot of time doing daring jumps.

While it wasn't from the bridge (which was about 80-100 feet) Mitch wanted to jump from a pretty high ledge that a bunch of local kids were having a blast with. I was personally far too skittish to do it, Yaron "really wanted to do it" but had issues with swimming across the river. Mitch ended up staying up there for a good 30-45 minutes until Naomi, who was sitting with Ronnie and I across the river was fed up with his waiting and swam across and jumped off.

By this point I had assembled a pretty large fan club to cheer Mitch on, so that paired with Naomi's feat of bravery got Mitch to jump off. Sadly, my camera was on his rock-skipping buddy who was talking trash to him from across the river when Mitch jumped in. After the jumps were done we got lunch at a café overlooking the river which further confirmed our thoughts that if you sit down anywhere, especially in Eastern Europe, you will be spending a minimum of 90 minutes there. The food was good but definitely not shock and awe, but it was really cheap.

From Mostar we jumped on a 2 hour train to Sarajevo. We weren't able to buy the tickets when we had first reached Mostar as the office was closed from 11am to 4pm (interesting work schedule if you ask me). The train was beautiful and weaved through the hilly, lush, green, Bosnian countryside. It seemed like at every other turn there was a lake or small village which was great. Once we got into Sarajevo we were picked up by Naomi's friend Faris who took us to a great hostel and then out to enjoy the town.

It was about midnight and Faris ranted that Tuesday was the "absolute worst night" but the streets were still packed and the girls were amazing. We are all convinced that the Balkans as a whole have superior breeding. At 'Pirate Bar' a Bachelorette party of girls that went to elementary school with Faris were there. All in all it was a vibrant town and an excellent evening.