Travel Reads > Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Sarajevo [The Unplugged Traveler]
“There were the Middle Eastern tourists who come in part for Sarajevo’s mosques and Ottoman history, but perhaps more for the refreshing temperatures and– if the line of ladies crowding the aisles of Cosmetic Market at 9pm on a Saturday night are any indication—for the shopping.
And then there were the Europeans and Americans who, if the results of my constant eavesdropping were any indication, were almost uniformly there for the war.”
• Daytrip: Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina — Beautiful but heartbreaking [Brent and Michael Are Going Places]
• We’re going on a Bosnian bear hunt … in Europe’s oldest forest [The Guardian]
“A guided walk in the primeval wildwood of Perućica, where wolves, chamois and the elusive brown bear roam.”
