Spring Break Day 7: Travelling through The Balkan Alps

Sadly we had to leave the best hostel in the world today. I took a super long shower, which was phenomenal, and then spent a good portion of my morning catching up on blogging while waiting for everyone to get up. We took a quick trip into old town for some souvenirs and grabbed a “secret coffee.” Our hostel kept giving us coffee, but it just wasn’t strong enough, so we needed an espresso. Eventually everyone was ready to go and we had added a member to our group as Katie (we met her on the tour) was also traveling to Sarajevo and planning on taking a bus.

We rocked out to some old school music and were amazed by the mountains around us. The Balkans Alps are actually gorgeous, not as beautiful as the Swiss Alps, but if it had been sunny out they might have stood a chance. Eventually we hit some snow, and then I got really excited. Once we were hungry enough, we stopped at a very cute little restaurant on the side of the road. Then we found out they didn’t have power, and we were a bit nervous about getting food, however it turns out everything was cooked over a wood fire. I decided on the trout since we were right by the river, and I made the correct decision. Almost everyone else was disappointed, but it was some of the best fish I’ve ever had.

We got back on the road to jam out some more. Once in Sarajevo we stopped quickly to use the McDonalds wifi for directions, and I’m not gonna lie, I had another hot fudge sundae. Then we thought we had figured out where we were going, but as it turns out the one way streets in Sarajevo make it extremely hard to navigate in a huge van. After about an hour we all grew extremely frustrated, and screamed profanities at random pedestrians in the street. Eventually we were able to make it to our hostel, which was another fun mission because our room had a burst pipe, so we had to switch rooms. The frustration levels were so high that we quickly shared a 2 liter of beer, and several shots of whiskey. More frustration occurred as we tried to use the in and out wifi to find directions to go to the brewery for dinner. We did eventually find it on the map and successfully found it after asking for directions. I had a delicious dinner of beet salad and 4 cheese penne, along with 2 dark Sarajevsko beers and a dessert called Tufahije, which was like honey soaked apples. We asked about tours, but I guess they didn't exist :(

Inside the brewery restaurant

I also smoked like 3 cigarettes (this is getting to be a common occurrence on this trip) and felt like crap. Once home, I piled into a king size bed with Scott and Robert for a very interrupted sleep, due to load doors in our hostel, people playing music and ultra thin walls. Also me and Robert kept laughing uncontrollably for no particular reason. Eventually I was able to soak up about 5 hours of solid sleep. 

snow!