ADVENTURE ON A BUDGET | TRAVEL BLOG
Arriving to Zvornik from Valjevo From Valjevo, our next destination was Sarajevo, where we’d be spending the next five weeks. Unfortunately, there was no train option. The railway heads southwest into Montenegro, not Bosnia & Herzegovina, so for the first time in Serbia we had to rely on buses. We figured getting to the border—and then Sarajevo—would be simple. Wrong.…
Before we arrived, a few things came to mind when we thought of Sarajevo, etched in our brains from early history lessons and events. Mostly, involving war...the one during the Clinton years, a siege we knew pretty much nothing about, and the beginning of World War I kicking off thanks to the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand. (An obligatory turning point…
Entering parts of Bosnia & Herzegovina (we’ll call it B&H for short) is like being transported to a land far, far away from Europe...more Turkish, more Middle Eastern, and more exotic. It is one of the most fascinating, hidden wonder-filled, yet complex countries we’ve been to in Eastern Europe. In fact, to be honest, it’s a little overwhelming to even…