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A Wintery walk – old town Sarajevo with Bill Smale Adventures

The history of Sarajevo, Bosnia of course is long but as many of you may remember the war back in the 1990s was very much a persecution of many of the people living here but even going farther back we remember the spark that set off World War I, the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria. One interesting thing I learned recently was even thought this area was under the Austro-Hungarian Empire before World War I the peopledecided they wanted to take some land closer to the north and reduce the subjugation to the empire. Since Russia, allied with the Serbs, activated troops and stationed them on their western border, all hell broke loose. Walk through the old town of Sarajevo with Bill Smale Adventures.

Eating kebab at a restaurant frequented by locals. Ćevabdžinica Željo
Assassination memorial
Photos of the procession
Kids having a snowball fight in a graveyard
A Coca-Cola sponsored Christmas event
Taking a car, illegally parked, to a impound lot
I don’t smoke cigarettes but just lit it and felt the smoke in my mouth. It was a Bosnian cigarette offered by the owner of the coffee shop
The owner of this coffee shop grinds the beans to make sure it’s fresh
The main mosque
The sign is very clear on the contents of the shop
Bosnian deli cuisine
Old town shops
The large inside bazaar
Ancient Roman ruins
You could see the damage on this building
Tourist shopping area
A beautiful old building partly damaged
Some anti-UN slogans
A lot of snow
Big advertising for Jameson whiskey
These guys were doing a two man juggling act every time the traffic stopped for the light
The central river
A €13 fine because they ticket machines on the trams don’t work. Make sure you pay the driver in cash directly.
On the way from Mostar to Sarajevo
Ancient practical house construction
A very detailed ancient artifact
The lower right has scissors constructed almost exactly the same as the sheepshearers I used to trim the lawn around the edges.
The swastika was used in ancient times indicating good fortune. I thought it was something originating from northern India but an archive told me it originated farther north.
Relating to the tombstone above
The artifact on the upper right shows the three drops circling just like the old Celtic symbol and the one in Japan from thousands of years ago.
Not only Neptune but real people used the trident
Here we see on an ancient structural piece the swastika used again
A snowy day, view from the museum
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