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Travel by train from Mostar to Sarajevo with overnight stay

It was Monday morning about 7.30 when the lady of the house took us to the train station of Mostar. We had 2 overnight stays in her apartment and today we planned a railway trip to Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. From our ride along Neretva river to Jablanica, we knew already what we had to expect. A fascinating travel through the valley of the river with amazing views of the peaks of Prenj, the mountain range of the Dinaric Alps. Unfortunately the train's windows were not really clean, so there will be no photos without stains. Nevertheless we enjoyed the ride and the landscape is really beautiful. After arrival at Sarajevo train station, željeznička stanica in the Serbo-Croatian language, first of all we sat down in the restaurant on front side of the large building having a drink and lunch. Then we took the tram to the old town with the main street, of which the foreign name is Baščaršija. We ordered a Turkish coffee in a café. In another pub we ordered a few drinks, because we noticed some advertisement about rooms. After a while we asked the lady of the house if it would be possible to hire one for two nights. Not late after that we found ourselves walking through the streets of Sarajevo following the lady under her umbrella. Finally we got the key of an apartment, which was not yet ready for renting, but for us it was ok.
Back in Sarajevo's old town part we ordered another Turkish coffee to get warm. Then we visited Ćevabdžinica Željo, where it is said that you can eat the best Ćevapčići. Unfortunately, we did not notice any difference, compared to other, but maybe our mood and appetite was a little influenced by the rainy weather a low temperatures.
Then we looked for a tourist office, because we wanted to know if there would be any public transport to Bjelšnica, the mountains where the Olympic games of former Yugoslavia were held in 1984. None of the employees knew about a possibility to get there.

We were disappointed and continued our walk through the city and wanted to have a drink at Inat Kuća, but unfortunately that was not possible as well. Though the door was open it appeared to be closed. Close to the restaurant is the Latin bridge, previously called the Princip bridge, named after the man who assassinated the Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand right on this place, which led to the outbreak of World War I.
Then we walked through the old town Baščaršija again along the shops with hundreds of oriental carpets. When we came to Mljacka river again we noticed a large building which appeared to be a kind of concert hall, because nobody else but our fellow Dutchman dj Tiesto was going to perform there. Then it was about time to go to the apartment and get some sleep, because we were tired of travelling and hanging around in Sarajevo.The next morning it was cold and raining. We did not want to stay a day longer and decided to visit the lady of the apartment to tell her that we wanted to leave by the evening train. At first she did not agree, but when I spoke to her son on the phone, they realized that we had not such a great time in Sarajevo. Next time we will be there we will have our own car.

 

© Jos van der Burgt