Quick trip to Mostar

We took a quick one-night trip to Mostar, in BiH, where we met up with my parents. In fact, we had just arrived in town and were wandering down the main street in town looking for a place to have lunch when we spotted them at a nice cafe, which was fun. We sat down and had a very welcome cold beer (it was very warm) and some great Balkan food - cevapi and stuffed grape leaves.

Mostar is a very interesting, and historic, town. During the recent conflicts it became 'famous' when the old bridge in the center of town was destroyed. The bridge, and some of the old town, has been rebuilt and the place is now 'on the map' for tourists. That said, it is a very cute town with a fairly authentic old 'bas casija' (someone please correct the spelling of that!).

Compared with other places in ex-Yugoslavia which are still damaged from the 90's conflicts, Mostar is the closest to resembling modern-day Beirut, as the buildings which are damaged are of an old, classy architecture.


Some pictures:
A view of old town:

The famous bridge:

Paul, Iva, most (bridge)


A plaque indicating who paid for the reconstruction of this building...


A bar we resisted the temptation to visit. Look closely...