Our campsite was in Blagaj and we were able to visit the Blagaj Tekija closeby - a Dervish monastery built into the mountain itself. The house was built in the 1500’s in both ottoman and Mediterranean style and is a place of worship for muslims (from what we could gather, a branch of Islam). The fast flowing Buna river runs through the mountain and beside the Dervish house. We had lunch of chicken skewers and grilled trout on one of the restaurants situated right on top of the river.
Sarajevo
We visited the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina and took a free walking tour around old town. We walked past the café/road where the Austro-hungarian leader was assassinated and this event instigated WWI. Strolling through the streets and we could have mistaken it for Turkey as the bazaar’s looked like a scene out of Istanbul. Our guide recommended for us to visit one of the musuems in town that documented the awful tragedy of the Bosnian war. The museum was very informative and the pictures and videos very sad and disturbing. The city of Sarajevo itself endured the longest siege in modern history. Prior the the war, Sarajevo was a large, thriving capital and the first city in Yugoslavia to host a winter Olympics. Our campsite was situated on the hill overlooking the city and we were able to walk into town, although we did have a huge hike back up the hill on the way back home.
