I got to Sarajevo via a train which I got with Geomseo and Kali. We got up early to get this, as it left at around 7am, but I was still suffering from food poisoning at this point and was ill one last time before setting off. I was a bit weak on the journey, but slowly recovered until we made it to Sarajevo, at which point I slept!

We got the train in Mostar to Sarajevo, which left at around 7am from the train station. I had been to the station the day before to buy tickets, but had been told that they don’t usually sell them in advance, so the woman in the hostel was slightly surprised that I had been able to buy them. I went out for dinner the night before to the restaurant that we had been to the night before that, which had been really good, but I think there was a problem with the sausages this time, as I was ill overnight and pretty comprehensively ill in the morning. I didn’t feel completely normal overnight, the first occurrence of it didn’t make me feel much better and the final one almost sorted me out completely.

As I was waiting for the train I had to drink plenty of water and move away from someone who was smoking, as it was making me feel unwell. The train turned up on time and we all got on and found a carriage. The compartment was one of the only ones with only 1 person in it, so we chose that and spent most of the time looking out of the window, as the views were spectacular. I slowly started feeling better during this journey and we made it to Sarajevo and got a taxi from the taxi rank. Geomseo had instructions that we should get one from the main road, but as there didn’t seem to be anywhere for them to stop, we ended up paying the minimum fare from the taxi rank, which was about 3 x more than what it should normally cost, but as we didn’t really know what we were doing and it seemed to make sense, we went with that.

Once in Sarajevo we went and got something to eat. I left the girls after that and went and slept for about 6 hours, after which I felt significantly better! The next day I was back to normal and we went and explored the 1984 Winter Olympics bobsleigh track, which was at the top of a hill. The taxi driver who took us there fought in the Bosnian army during the civil war and showed us his gunshot wounds whilst also pointing out other things in the city. The track was very interesting and we walked back via a cafe which had views of Sarajevo, which were also impressive. The rest of the day was spent going to the Srebrenica exhibition and then eating, again. The next day I went back to finish off the museum, had a job interview, got a haircut and planned the trip to Belgrade the next day.