Saturday in Sarajevo

Saturday Courtney and I spent lots of time trying to figure out how we were going to get to Mostar, and through some trips to the bus station and travel agencies and some phone calls, we realized it would be better to go somewhere closer so we wouldn't have to spend so much of the limited time she had here on a bus. So decided to postpone our trip until the next day and hang out some more in Sarajevo on saturday.






We saw these guys playing chess outside. It looks alot more fun than regular chess.











We also visited the National Library/Old Town Hall, which was partially destroyed in the war. This is a photo from far way, where you can't see so much destruction.


Here are some photos of the library from a closer view. The bombing of the library was one of the more publicized atrocities during the war- people said for a while afterwards, the burned pieces of book pages floated through the air like snow and then disintegrated.

































































At night we went to one of my favorite restaurants, Imat Kuca, which is right on the Miljacka River, which runs East-West through the city. I seem to have not taken any photos from there... oops. We both got "Bosanska Konah" (i think that's what it's called) which is like a sample of several Bosnian national dishes. It comes in a metal bowl that it's cooked in, and has several vegetables; onions, peppers and tomatoes, stuffed with minced lamb meat, in this yummy tomato/olive oil/white wine-ish sauce. It also has a mini-kabob, and a huge dollop (sp?) of sour cream/plain yogurt on top, with fresh parsley. Yum.After that we went to a couple bars and clubs-including Sloga which i really like. We went to Hacienda but got sick of the techno and decided to get to bed (relatively) early so we could get an early start the next day.