Day 8 - Sarejevo

Today is a fun day! We get up and head over to the old town and find a nice little cafe to have breakfast.  Despite the fact that the cook has a cigarette dangling out of her mouth with about an inch of ash on the end, the food is surprisingly good. A few of us try a traditional Bosnian coffee (like a turkish coffee) and declare it pretty gross - although after reading up on it afterwards I don’t think we drank them properly.  Kind of tasted like coffee flavoured bathwater in my opinion.

After breakfast we stroll around and into the turkish area, we stroll through the bazaar and buys some goodies including fans for the girls which was a great investment it would turn out.  We then decide to try and find the old Sarajevo Olympic abandoned bobsled track which we hear is fun to walk inside and explore. 

We manage to take a totally wrong turn and end up climbing up a huge mountain…we keep going even after figuring out we were on the wrong track as we figure that there must be a good view from the top.  We are not disappointed.  At the top is a cel tower and there are actually quite a few people sitting at the top.  It is obviously a hiking spot for locals and tourists and we see lots of neat trails and downhill mountain biking tracks. We were happy to have stumbled across this lovely place.

As we come back down the mountain, we head to the right as directed by some people and see the entrance to the bobsled track area.  Just beyond is a neat sort of park/resort area where we stop to have lunch.  It will turn out to be the most expensive meal we’ve had so far…a beautiful setting though but sort of like Banff where the prices are all a little over the top.  They even wanted to charge us for the kids to play in the playground - no thanks!

After lunch we head back a little ways and finally find the bobsled track.  It is amazing.  We climb up to the top and then down to the bottom.  The kid totally love running inside the large concrete tubes that are covered in graffiti.  Also, because of the curves you can talk to one another from a long distance and hear each other perfectly.  It is so much fun and was a big hit for the girls.

We then head back down into the city and get the kids an ice cream and sit at a nice cafe with misters!  A nice way to finish off the day. 

As we had a late lunch, we just grab a couple of pizzas as a late snack but both Avery and Fiona put themselves to bed before we even get the pizzas as they are so tired.  The rest of us read and relax and follow them not to long after. We are getting up early the next morning so we need a good rest.