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| Bosanski caj. Bosnian tea (Black tea, cinnamon, clove) |
When we are still new to travelling, we would
find ourselves admiring an old church, strange architecture or a beautiful
landscape…I still do it…but it doesn´t bring the same emotions that it did at
the beginning . So many waterfalls and sunsets, so many jungle trips, tons of
hikes and more than 80 countries visited…
We start to take all the beauty for granted and
it´s not as exciting anymore. Then we try to go off the beaten track and search
for the roads less travelled. But after a while even that starts to lose its
charm and feels superficial. We want to experience something that would touch
our hearts and make us feel something! That´s how I felt in Sarajevo. I felt
drawn to hear more, to ask many questions, to speak to everyone who would want
to speak to me! It hit me massively. I was swept away by all the emotions I was
capturing, not only in Sarajevo but in whole Bosnia & Herzegovina.
It´s not
just the beauty of the Old town, the bullet holes all over the city or the whole”
Sarajevo under siege” thing that has struck me that much. It´s the people that make the city so special
and their way of greeting everyone who comes to visit, their pain and hardiness.
Sadness and pride, wrapped in warmth and mystery are distinctive features of
its inhabitants. It´s difficult to describe it but all the visitors feel it. And that yearning they have to move on and leave the war in
the past is so massive but the war is inescapable and constantly tied to the
reputation of the city.
August 2nd 2014
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