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Old Jun 3, 2013 | 7:41 pm
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Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Landed late evening in Sarajevo, and after a short wait for baggage we found the hotel drive which we'd arranged online waiting for us right outside customs. A quick maybe 15 minute or so ride, and we were at the hotel which I'll talk more about later. It was already after 8pm at this point, and it was a national holiday in Bosnia, so we just went for a short walk around the river to see if we could find a cafe for dinner and walk off a bit of the jetlag. Managed to find a small cafe/pizza shop in a mall that was still open for a quick snack, and it was relatively early to bed.

No meetings the next day until mid-afternoon, so was nice to sleep in a bit and recover and walk around the city a bit. All told, I think we ended up walking a good 10km in the morning, which was fantastic for getting rid of a bit of the jetlag. Most of the following pictures were taken on that morning walk, but some are from random walks in between meetings the next several days.

After walking a few km, the first major site was the Latin Bridge, where Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was assassinated, largely sparking World War I.



Another nearby cool bridge:



The central square in the old town - at day and night. .The old town had a distinctly east-meets-west feeling, with the call to prayer constantly heard, several mosques, and a really unique blend of people and cultures:





The rest of the post is on my blog at this link
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