Here are some photo highlights of our time in Mostar.
Mostar is a beautiful town in a river valley with hills all around. The river, the hills, the old town - all of it is beautiful and this town is a very popular tourist destination in the summer. Many, many folks stop here on bus trips between Dubrovnik and Sarajevo.
We found the people we interacted with to be very kind and welcoming. But the community is still healing from the Bosnian war 1992-1995. We learned some tragic history of this war and that history is visible everywhere in town. We could feel that someone's ethnic background is a huge part of who they are and not only affected their past, but still affects their daily life and situation today, 30 years later.
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| Bosnian money: 100 BAM is about 50 euro |
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| Jason running in the hills above the city |
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| The mighty Neretva river and its beautiful colour |
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| shelling still visible everywhere from the civil war 1992-1995 |
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| the 'crooked bridge' |
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| The water flows through town in amazing ways |
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| This bazaar of the old town must be packed in the summer |
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| The old bridge |
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| In 1993 the old bridge was destroyed in war |
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| The bridge has been rebuilt with aid from UNESCO |
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| The church right behind our apartment |
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| I joined Jason on one of his many running loops in the hills |
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| Our host made us this amazing layered apple cake - yum! |
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| Eating salmon, veggies and a salad in our kitchen |
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| The old bridge |
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| Hiking up to the cross |
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| Having a quick snack, trying to find a place out of the wind |
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| Yellow tape warning of us land mines |
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| The cross - it was VERY VERY windy |
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| The view back to town from just below the cross |
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| It doesn't look like much, but Ava's eye had a close run in with a thorn bush when we ran down the trail |
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| Rachel joined Jason for one of his loops above town |
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| The sniper tower, now a place for creative expression |
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| The bullet holes are incoporated into the artwork |
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| This country is still healing |
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| We tried a few delicious bakery treats |
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| I tried some 'Bosnian coffee' |
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| Did someone say crepes? |
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| Jason did a lot of hill training while we were here. It was mostly sunny but every day was very windy. |
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| Jason and I went into the museum of war and genocide victims. It was very moving and difficult. |
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| Waiting at the bus stop to head to Sarajevo. |
We also did a beautiful road trip while we were here, which will be the topic of another blog post.
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