We flew into Sarajevo, Bosnia/Herzegovina yesterday afternoon. We were immediately shocked with the change of scenery coming from Russia. This landscape really has more to do with Alaska than any other place we have lived. Surrounded by mountains, beautiful rivers etc...
The set up of the neighborhoods here are so quaint and cute they look like the fake ones that trains collectors create for the electric trains to go through.
Last night we went for a stroll and Wendy had to snap a photo of the big Catholic church.
This is the most popular food here in Bosnia, it is called Chavapichi. It is basically sausages stuffed in pita bread. We didn't know it came separate, but there is a sweet kind of hummus sauce that goes on them. It is tasty, but we want to try it again with the sauce.
History always takes so long to explain, but this is basically the bridge on which Franz Ferdinand was shot that led to WWI.
Playing chess is hard enough, now imagine that you have to be like 9 feet tall to see the whole board. While we were watching one man lost his queen because he forgot where she was. We know that our nephews Isaac and Noah would love to play on this board.
There was a crazy war between Serbia and Bosnia that lasted for about 5 years in the early 90's basically Serbia surrounded the city we are in. So the Sarajavens dug a 800 meter/ 2,500 ft tunnel to bring supplies into the city.
There are many mosques here and they get on loud speakers and do the call to prayer many times a day. The first time we heard it I thought it was dogs howling and then walked outside and realized it was not that.
Stay tuned for Mostar, Bosnia coming up tomorrow
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