Travel Diary: Bosnia & Serbia, Part 1
January 12, 2014
First things first, sorry for my short hiatus this past week. I hate it when that happens. But somehow my first week back at work mixed in with some Christmas festivities (the 7th of January Orthodox type) just got in the way of blogging.
But I'm back with a travel diary post from my last vacation. As I've mentioned in my last two posts, my boyfriend and I spent Christmas Eve with my parents and sister and then on December 25th we took a 12-hour road trip to Bosnia. We spent 3 days in Bosnia at my boyfriend's parents', then drove about 2 1/2 hours to Belgrade, Serbia and spent 4 days in the city, came back to Bosnia for one last day with my boyfriend's parents and then we were back on the road on Friday, January 3rd.
It was an awesome 10 days spent away from work and from our day-to-day lives. While at my boyfriend's parents' we didn't have Wi-Fi and you couldn't even connect to the internet if you turned on your data roaming so whenever we're there, our days are spent completely internet-free. This feels really relaxing and peaceful - I guess? Haha....yes, yes I did really enjoy it.
So, I'm going to split up my travel diary pictures into three parts so you don't get massively overloaded. This first part consists of photos we took at the Stanisici Ethno Village which is close to Bijeljina in Bosnia. Every time we visit Bosnia we go to eat at the Konoba restaurant at the Stanisici village at least once. It's so yummy and very traditional - check out the website. And the little village is so cute. It's man-made and it's basically the grounds for a big hotel complex.
Most importantly: beautiful to take photos :)
(^This is a cute little church made of wood where you could go inside and throw some money in the wooden box, pray, or whatever you like.)
Hope you liked Part 1 of my Travel Diary, Bosnia and Serbia style :)
I'm off to watch Geordie Shore. Yes, I'm that classy.
2 comments
My boyfriend is Bosnian as well. He moved with his parents and sister to America during the war. Most of the family still lives there, though. Mostar is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteOh wow, so I guess you've also gotten to know a lot about their culture and traditions? They have so many traditions haha... My boyfriend came to Switzerland when he was about 11 years old, around 1994, so toward the end of the war. It's crazy to me that people of our generation have experienced war! I just looked up Mostar - it really does look gorgeous!
Delete