Sarajevo to Beograd

Sarajevo to Beograd
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
12:13 PM

With only a morning/early afternoon to spend in Sarajevo we decided to take the advice of the hostel owner and hike up on a hill that overlooked the city. The views from high up were gorgeous but we soon realized that we were running a tad bit late for our 3PM bus to Belgrade.

We debated between a cab and the city bus to get to the Bus station but again followed the advice of the Hostel owner, yet we forgot to ask for the actual time it took for the bus to get to the station. So after missing the 2PM bus, we got on the 2:25 bus, which dropped us off 10 minutes from the station at 2:51. In a feat of agility the Rondoggie ran, with his backpack, to the station in time to hold up the bus.

The bus diver spoke no English, but Ines, a Balkan 10, helped him out and had the bus held up on account of being the daughter of a friend of the driver. We ended up hanging out with her and bullshitting for the next 6 hours on what ended up being the most entertaining bus ride that any of us had ever had. Everyone on the bus was jovial, talkative, and very friendly. We were all given tons of different foods to try and had a great time.

Once we got into Belgrade Marko was waiting for us at the bus station and we were all stoked to be reunited. We went to his aunt's apartment and caught up with the family and met our new roommates for the coming week who all went to undergrad with Marko's sister, the bride, Jelena. After drinking some Raijka and getting dance lessons we went to a sandwich shop called Gold's, had possibly the largest 2 dollar sandwiches I've ever seen, then headed back to our apartment and crashed out.