The first Belgrade — Mostar road trip in the worst weather
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On 14–17 February we held our first road trip from Belgrade to Mostar and back. Despite truly awful weather (it honestly couldn't have been worse), we completed the whole planned route. We got soaked in pouring rain but still listened to the guide's stories, weren't scared off by snow and cold 🥶 and walked around Sarajevo! Over 3 days we saw Mostar, Blagaj and Počitelj, admired the beautiful Kravica waterfall and fed seagulls on the little strip of the Adriatic Sea that belongs to Bosnia. We passed through several climate zones, seeing spring in Počitelj and winter in Sarajevo. We also tried Bosnian food, learned to drink coffee the Bosnian way, bought a pile of souvenirs (Nastya especially)), played cards and simply had a great 3 days in each other's company! ♥️ Share your impressions and post photos and videos in the comments!
Published February 18, 2025 · Open the post in Telegram ↗
Photo exchange 17–19 October. Autumn Bosnia 🍁
What can I say, it was LE GEN DA RY!
Quite unexpectedly, we did a solid intermediate-level route. We met 15 salamanders along the way. We saw a misty forest of incredible beauty, simply beyond words. We crossed rivers, drank water from mountain streams and drove the guide crazy with our photo stops))
We climbed up to the Tjentište spomenik. How beautiful it is framed by the autumn forest.
And despite our legs falling off from tiredness, we went for an evening walk around Trebinje. We stayed right in the centre in a hotel with crystal chandeliers and gold monograms. We visited the most popular local ice cream café🍨. We strolled along the Trebišnjica and walked across the Arslanagić Bridge.
In the morning we walked around and photographed the whole old town. Those very postcard views. We had coffee under 200-year-old plane trees. We climbed up to the viewpoint and looked down at beautiful Trebinje from above. A town that smells of the sea. We saw everything we planned and even more.
And you know, one of the coolest memories of our trip will be the road itself: we drove past mountains blazing red and yellow, flocks of grazing sheep, waited for cows to let us pass, admired mirror-smooth lakes and mountain rivers. Bosnia is beautiful and amazing, especially in autumn.
We said goodbye to it in Višegrad and caught the famous bridge on the Drina in the most beautiful sunset light. We returned to Belgrade with a slight sadness that our journey was over. Guys, you're amazing!! Thank you for your trust 🫶🏻 and such soulful, warm company — we chatted endlessly, laughed, and even our legs ached in sync🔥 Hugs to everyone and vidimo se!!!!
Waiting for your photos/videos and impressions! Ed, we want the drone shots)
Published October 20, 2025 · Open the post in Telegram ↗
Bosnia 3.0: Kravica in full flow, Mostar and Sarajevo
📸 Photo exchange BiH 3:0. Mostar — Blagaj — Počitelj — Kravica — Stolac — Neum — Sarajevo
This year Bosnia and Herzegovina truly blew us away! Rivers were raging, streams turned into waterfalls, the viewing platform by the bridge was flooded, and the Kravica waterfall seemed to have decided to compete with Niagara in power. I'm sure we were lucky to see it at its fullest — it was incredible! The water literally hung in the air.
🌉We took a tour of Mostar and dived into the subtleties of how Bosnia and Herzegovina works.
And then everyone's own story began. The explorers went with the guide to Blagaj and Počitelj. The hedonists explored the souvenir shops and restaurants. And the most daring made it to yet another spomenik and climbed up to the viewpoint in the wildest wind.
🚌Then, with the whole group together, we visited the Kravica waterfall — were amazed by its power, got a bit wet and even caught some sun! We strolled around Stolac, checked out Vidoški Fortress and the views from it. We made it to the sea — to Neum — and warned everyone there to expect an influx of Russians) We also drove through a secret tunnel and ate our fill of seafood🦪🐟
And then the weather finally turned bad, and Sarajevo greeted us with snow. After a light tour, we headed back along an incredibly beautiful snowy road.
On this trip everyone found something of their own: lots of history, lots of Bosnian coffee, beauty, architecture and amazing nature. There were treasure hunts in souvenir shops and galleries (Ed, by the way, bought a rug!), gastronomic discoveries — from spit-roasted lamb to oysters and octopus. We talked a lot — even I tried, although my voice left me on the very first day 🙈 — saw a lot and came home full of impressions and with tons of photos.
So let's share them!
Waiting for your impressions and photos/videos in the comments
Thanks again for the great company and this wonderful trip! Hugs to everyone 🫶🏻
P.S. I was just picking out photos, and it's simply mind-blowing what beauty we saw together)
Published February 18, 2026 · Open the post in Telegram ↗
Bosnia 4.0: Jajce and the Vrbas river canyon
🇧🇦 BOSNIA 4.0. Jajce and the Vrbas River canyon
We've already been to Bosnia three times. And you know what? We want more! Because this country makes you fall in love at first sight. Especially in autumn!! Mountains, rivers of incredible colours, medieval towns, waterfalls right in the middle of town, and food after which you promise yourself never to overeat again. Until the next restaurant.
So, on November 6–8 we're going to Bosnia to catch the autumn! This time — the royal town of Jajce and the Vrbas River valley.
Elena is with us again — our Russian-speaking guide, and every meeting with her is a celebration. ❤️ Elena is also the author of a guidebook to Bosnia and Herzegovina. So there'll be no boring tours or stories straight from Wikipedia.
What will we see?
🏰 In Jajce we'll figure out why this town was royal, climb up to the fortress, go underground and find out what Tito has to do with it and why Bosnians still love him so much.
💦 We'll see the famous waterfall right in the town centre. From every angle! And believe me, in autumn it looks especially picturesque.
🌊 We'll head to the Pliva Lakes — to admire the autumn colours, the water and the famous little wooden watermills that have somehow miraculously survived to this day. We'll walk, take photos and, as is tradition, say: "Okay, this is definitely the most beautiful place of the trip!" And an hour later we'll find an even more beautiful one.
🍖 And in the evening — dinner at a tried-and-tested restaurant. They serve such koljenica and pečenica that conversation at the table stops for a while.
On Sunday we have an easy hike (hopefully😂) through the Vrbas valley. We'll see the amazing natural monument Kameni Most (Stone Bridge), walk across a suspension bridge (what would Bosnia be without bridges) and stroll by the waterfalls of Krupa na Vrbasu. 📸
And if we leave early on Friday, we'll make it in time to watch the sunset at a medieval fortress shrouded in local legends. Tourist routes don't usually go to places like this;)
And so, in just three days, we'll visit a medieval kingdom, see waterfalls, walk our fill among the autumn mountains, drink Bosnian coffee and eat well. And then we'll head back to Belgrade with our phone memory full and one thought: "Why are weekends so short?!"
📍 November 6–8
💶 350 euros per person
The price includes:
— transfer;
— Russian-speaking guide and tours;
— entrance tickets as per the programme;
— accommodation in a hotel in a double room with breakfast (single room at extra cost)
Lunches, dinners and souvenirs are paid separately.
Departure from Novi Sad is possible.
I'll send a detailed day-by-day plan to everyone interested.
Spots are limited. So if you've long been meaning to come to Bosnia with us — here's your sign.
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In the meantime, you can see how our third second and first trips to Bosnia went — there are photos there that explain a lot. ❤
Published October 12, 2026 · Open the post in Telegram ↗
The main extreme event of autumn in the Balkans. Mostar, 5–6 September
There's a bridge of extraordinary beauty in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It seems to float above the emerald Neretva, delighting locals and tourists alike with its elegance. And it floats at a height of 24 metres! On 5–6 September, the world's toughest athletes will gather here to jump from the height of an 8-storey building into the icy waters of the Neretva and write their names into history.
🗞️How it all began:
Stari Most was built in the 16th century by the Ottoman architect Mimar Hayruddin and from the very start attracted daring lads.
The first documented witness, Evliya Çelebi, describes in 1664 how young Ottomans performed acrobatic jumps as a gift to the viziers: "they jump like birds… climbing back up onto the bridge for rewards"
Over the years the tradition turned into a sport: competitions have officially been held here since 1968. Even after the bridge was destroyed in 1993 locals kept jumping from temporary platforms. Rebuilt in 2004 and inscribed on the UNESCO list, the bridge once again became the arena of one of the most spectacular events in the Balkans.
This year the traditional Old Bridge Jumping competition (Mostar Summer Fest) already took place in July.
But on September 5–6 there will be a world stage of Red Bull Cliff Diving (27 m for men and 21 m for women).
🌉Fun facts
Measuring the extreme level: jumps from a 24-metre height → falling speed ≈ 15 m/s (54 km/h). Total 🟰 hitting the water is like falling from an 8-storey building, and don't forget it's into the icy Neretva🥶
Categories: "feet first" and "swallow dive" (head first).
Jumpers traditionally receive "baksheesh" (local tips) for special tricks — as they say, "a jump must be rewarded"
The oldest "champion" is Alija “Šampion” Ajanić. He jumped off the bridge from the age of 13, won 7 competitions, kept jumping until he was 50 and awed even the tourists ("the coolest old man in Mostar")
The evenings are interesting too: there's a show with torches and music under the bridge.
So if you miss Red Bull parties and love extreme spectacles, head to Mostar in September. Red Bull will put on world-class acrobatics right above the UNESCO bridge.
It's a 50-minute flight from Belgrade, if there are still tickets left, of course; the alternative is by car or bus.
We're expecting an amazing mix of extreme sports and tradition against the backdrop of an ancient town!
Published August 20, 2025 · Open the post in Telegram ↗
Višegrad, the Bridge on the Drina and the Ivo Andrić museum apartment
More than a week has already passed since our trip around Bosnia. (time flies🙈) One of the highlights of the route was Višegrad — the town where the famous Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge rises. That very bridge on the Drina that Ivo Andrić wrote about, and for the novel about which he received the Nobel Prize.
Andrić donated all the prize money to the development of libraries in Bosnia and Herzegovina — a gesture that says more about him than any words.
🌉Walking across this bridge is like touching history. Being transported several centuries back and feeling the breath of time. An amazing feeling, especially if you've read the novel.
📚And you can continue getting to know Ivo Andrić in Belgrade — by visiting his apartment museum. It's the writer's actual apartment, where he lived and worked in the last years of his life. Everything is preserved as if the owner had just stepped out for a minute.
What to look out for:
• The desk — the very one at which Andrić wrote. The lamp, inkwell, glasses — everything in its place.
• The library — more than 4,000 books in different languages with the author's personal notes.
• The Nobel medal and diploma — the main symbol of his recognition.
• Manuscripts and letters — neat handwriting, notes in the margins, pages breathing with time.
• Photographs and personal belongings — moments of his life, his diplomatic service and his love for Belgrade.
The museum isn't so easy to find: it's hidden in an ordinary residential building at *Andrićev venac 8*. Look for a small memorial plaque by the entrance, ring the intercom and go up to the right floor.
The museum is small but very warm and alive — a place where you feel the presence of Andrić himself and a slight shame that you still can't finish his book.
📍 Address: Andrićev venac 8, Belgrade
🕒 Opening hours:
Monday — closed
Tue, Wed, Thu, Sat — 10:00–17:00
Fri — 10:00–18:00
Sun — 10:00–14:00
🎟 Tickets: 200 RSD (discounts for students, pensioners and the unemployed)
Created with the help of @lubernacki, a guru of everything that happens in Belgrade.
Published October 28, 2025 · Open the post in Telegram ↗
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