OLD BRIDGE

Mostar is three hours by train from Sarajevo along one of the most scenic routes in Europe. Mountains,  snow, lakes, dams, hydro power plants, more of all of those - and Mostar is scared by way,  the Bosniak-Croat war of the early 90s.   The greatest feature of Mostar is the old bridge,  at the time of its building the longest single span arch in the world.  It doesn't carry traffic,  let alone tanks so there was no apparent reason or advsntsge when Croatian tanks bombarded and destroyed the bridge.  Not their finest moment.

10 years later the bridge was rebuilt using the original plans,  and often the origins methods.  The nearby museum had a documentary running about the reconstruction which details the building and is fascinating.  26 stonemasons,  many ingenuous Springs to problems that may have been encountered in the original construction.. A thing of beauty.

The train journey was three hours long,  but we return by private bus which only takes a little under two.   A lot of time during down,  but we'll worth the trip.

Our final night here so we saunter into town,  wander about the old town in search of a particular map that Rob is after.. Takes a while, but we have time and success.  It had on the reverse side a chronological last of events during the wars at the end of last century in the Balkans that end in the independence of the various entities that were formerly Jugoslavia. Perhaps we can finally get our heads around it.

Light dinner watching the world go by,  then adieu Sarajevo.