Monday, 9 July 2007

Scorching in Sarajevo




I flew into Sarajevo last night - and after what seems like 2 months of constant rain in Denmark, I greeted this mornings clear skies and warm morning sun with a huge smile.
Its now just before 4pm in the afternoon, and its 35C outside... which is just getting a bit silly.
Tomorrow I'm off to Belgrade in Serbia for a couple of days, where they are forecasting 45C.
From the frying pan.......


I'm here for work, and staying in a hotel on the outskirts of the city, which is a bit of a waste really as its a lovely little place - scarred by the worst of the war a decade ago, but still a beautiful city situated in a stunning location, surrounded by low mountains. (much to its detriment when the serbs decided to camp out up there for 5 years and bombard them on a daily basis!).
One of the interesting things round here are the graveyards. Most of the headstones have carvings of the person who died on them. They're really intricate and beautiful. And one some of the graves, they're engraved the still living wife/husband onto the headstone alongside their dead spouse - with an open date to be filled in later! Very spooky, but very cool.








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