We got a break from the conference I am attending. After lunch, one of the panelists from Sarajevo realized that several people will have been in the city, but only in the conference! She has either has some sort of history degree or really knows her city, as she sat at the front of the bus and pointed, described, explained, all sorts of things about the Sarajevo. She did a great job, considering it was on the fly and the driver was not slowly driving.
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| houses up the hillside |
Sarajevo is nestled into a valley and when you look around, you can really see how the siege for the city during the 1990s must have been terrible, as opposition troops could just camp out on the crests of the mountains and shell the town below.
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| the Miljacka River |
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| the Eiffel bridge |
There are lots of bridges in Sarajevo, and this one was designed in Eiffel's workshop. The Austrians installed it in during the time they controlled the city.
Further along the river road is a Lutheran church that has been turned into the an art school.
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| The Art School |
Several of the buildings still haven't been reconstructed since the war. Only now are some under redevelopment.
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| a former Turkish bath, and the back of the Catholic Cathedral |
Sarajevo also had the first electric tram system in the world and it still functions.
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| AlipaĊĦina Mosque |
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| Parliament building, where the conference is |
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