Thursday, September 14, 2006

The day of religion.

On our last full day in Sarajevo we went to the Greek Othodox Church and Musuem, the Jewish Museum, and the Muslim Mosque. You have to be pretty proactive when attempting to find and visit the various musuems, signage is not good, and then figuring out where you buy tickets is not easy.

The Prayer Rugs

The Mosque is beautiful. As long as you are modestly dressed, and remove your shoes, and for women have a headscarf, you can walk around and look at the amazing detail. The Mosque suffered about 100 direct hits during the siege but the walls are 3 meters thick so it was damaged but not destroyed.

The food has been great. Yesterday was lunch at Sarajevo's brewery, and dinner was at a little resturant in the old quarter. The range of our meal costs have been about $37 for a nice dinner with wine, appetizers, entree, and after dinner drink, to last night and our $10 dinner for a huge plate of grilled lamp in pita with onions and mineral water. Followed by ice cream, which is hugely popular and costs .50 KM, which is about 35 cents. So, Rich is not having withdrawls from my home made ice cream. At 35 cents he can eat all he wants. Sometimes it a bit of mystery if you choose a flavor you don't recogize.

We are packing to leave for Mostar today, so more when we find another internet connection. And one more photo, of Rich with a map!

Still Hate the Loney planet Maps!

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