Some people say that because of a movie fell in love with a city, indeed, a "Walter Defending Sarajevo" not only made Walter a household name in China, but also made us remember Sarajevo as a heroic city! Walter has also become a heroic complex that many people my age can't surpass! A big reason for the choice of this line is also here!
At eight o'clock in the morning the car leaves for Sarajevo. Entering the Belgrade bus station requires a station construction fee, which is the only bus station that charges construction fees on this trip. It was the two denominationless tokens that were given yesterday when the money was exchanged, and I wondered why I used it at that time. The Internet says that the station construction fee is 180 dinars per person, nearly 12 yuan, so a substitute coin is the equivalent of 180 dinars? When I met a Beijing boy in the same car, I had to turn around and go back to find a place to change without replacing the currency.
I still have the impression that Sarajevo and Belgrade are in the same country, in fact, they have already separated their families, and Sarajevo is the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Unfortunately, a good Yugoslavia disintegrated, and the former Soviet Union belonged to the same Slavic nation, one south and one north, the same alliance system, the same fate!
In the waiting room, my husband's kung fu to go to the toilet left me alone became a target. A clean and not too old old man came over to talk, and I basically understood the English of this half-hanging, and asked me if I was Chinese where to go? He is a Kazakh, and the most crucial sentence is at the end: if you can help him, he only needs two hundred. Of course I'm no! Two hundred dinars is less than two euros, but it is not much to rely on? Once again, the husband is right, and the person who takes the initiative to talk to him really can't be ignored!
Entering the bus station, you have to pay the construction fee with this gold coin
Entry and exit from Serbia to Bosnia and Herzegovina is simpler, even the car does not have to get off, the police get on the car to check the documents. The car drove for eight points, and I didn't feel tired all the way to the scene. Serbia is a flat river, and to Bosnia and Herzegovina is all mountain roads, and the top of the mountain is snow-capped. It's four o'clock in Sarajevo, and there is a rush of excitement in my heart! This huge red mountain city in front of you is Sarajevo!
When the bus arrived at the station, we also got off the bus, wanting to buy tickets to the next city directly, only to be told to sell at another bus station, it turned out to be early [cover your face], and there were still ten kilometers away from the city center where the hotel was located! Ten euros for a rental and the driver took us halfway to change the money. Sarajevo is a veritable mountain town, and the road is often narrow and you often have to drive by the wrong car.
The location of the hotel is really good! Right in the heart of the old town, on the Miriatska River. Standing in front of the window, I saw the famous Latin Bridge standing quietly in the rain in the night. It was next to this bridge that the Crown Prince and Princess of austria-Hungary were assassinated by Serb youth, triggering World War I, and across the river was the "Assassination Museum". Curious and looking forward to the next two days of the tour!
In the morning, the curtains were pulled open and turned into a silver coat, and yesterday it was still raining and it turned into snow at night! The breakfast in the hotel is simple and good, but what attracts me more is the warm and expensive decoration style of the restaurant!
A few steps out of the door to the Latin Bridge, the river flows quietly, the green benches on the shore are covered with snow, and the trees are covered with snow like rime! The original red slopes are covered with white, and the distant summits are like misty ink paintings, and large flocks of pigeons soar freely in the air! What a beautiful city, with a beautiful view of 720 degrees without dead ends! I can't help but think of the german Nazi officers in the movie when they stand on the top of the mountain!
Crossing the Latin Bridge is the bustling Old Town, where the main scene of Walter defending Sarajevo was filmed. So we started walking the streets looking for Walter's footprints. Walter's bell tower where the German devils were shot, the square where the watchmakers died, the church where the guerrillas joined, and the blacksmith shop were all found, but the clock shop searched unsuccessfully.
The snow is still falling, walking in the exotic streets is quiet and peaceful, the snow is flying freely, and the colorful leaves and flowers are shy and delicate under the cover of the snow! It is difficult to associate this place with the fire of war, but the bullet holes in many building walls clearly tell the cruelty and bloodshed of brothers in the Bosnian War, and there is a sad and lamentable story of Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo. The Assassination Museum is small but famous, so take a break at the hotel after visiting.
The Latin Bridge that you see standing in front of the hotel window
The hotel's expensive and elegant restaurant
Pigeons by the Miriatska River
The shop is not yet open
There are many portraits of this man on the street walls
Exquisite tea set plates
The dividing line between Serbs and Muslims during the conflict
Walter strafed the bell tower of the German devils
The blacksmith shop in the movie
Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
The walls of the church are covered with bullet holes
Shoot from the tower in the courtyard of the mosque where the German devils are located
The square where the watchmakers sacrificed
Walk in the afternoon to the top of the hill overlooking Sarajevo in the movie by the German officers, pass by the Muslim cemetery that died in the Bosnian War, and you can't see a big piece of it! The brutal battle took away 200,000 young lives! The silent streets and alleys on the hillside are hardly visible, and when you stand on the top of the hill and see this beautiful mountain city, you can understand why the German Nazis coveted it so much! The original red mountain city has now become a white expanse, what a charming city!
After descending the hill, board the bus to defend the Sarajevo Memorial in Walter. There were not many people in the car, an old man had been standing at the door of the car before getting off the car, but he still turned his head to see us not going down, I immediately waved at him and smiled, he smiled and got out of the car, he was signaling friendliness and waiting for a response, I think this should be a courtesy of the old Yugoslavs to Chinese. "Walter Defends Sarajevo" I can't remember how many times I watched it, and the theme song of the movie has the magic of making people listen to the blood boiling. The memorial recreates some scenes from movie 21 as if you were there! Tickets 10 marks.
The next day is a daytime visit to the Natural History Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the National Gallery and shopping malls. Bus once took 2 marks (1 mark = 3.85 yuan), but in the ticket booth and newsstand to buy tickets cheap, once 1.6 marks, the second time is 3 marks, I forgot in which Eastern European country I have been to, there are also this kind of street side of the bus tickets. On the way to the Museum, passing by the U.S. Embassy, the area is old and old. At the history museum, I met two groups of elementary school students visiting, and saw two Chinese, and the beautiful children came forward one by one to say hello, and one of the little boys generously held out his small palm and asked: "Five?" Maybe it's confirming the English words you just learned? It was so cute!
The Natural History Museum is really big, and there are many exquisite stone sculptures of ancient Rome in the ancient history section, and the beautiful mineral and insect specimens exhibited in the natural history section are dazzling. Take the bus to the National Museum of Art, the ticket is 5 marks, the ticket for the National Museum of History is 8 marks, compared with the 10 marks of the Walter Museum, which is obviously expensive, and it is estimated that it is tailor-made for Chinese museum. Tired of walking around and sitting in the shopping mall for a long time.
In the evening at a famous local restaurant "Spite House" recommended by the hotel girl, it cost 42 marks, it felt like the environment was better than the food!
Leaving Sarajevo or choosing the night train, I insisted on the idea, save time for a lot of excursions, taste the sweetness and tired point is also worth it! Not to mention that I can't get tired yet!
At 10:00 p.m., the car goes to Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, but it takes several hours to wait for the departure, which is much harder than taking a car!
The German officer stood here and said, "Look at the city, he is Walter."
Quiet and nice alleys
Old building full of bullet holes
Walter defends the Sarajevo Museum
I don't know this
Children met in the National Museum of Natural History of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sunset on the Miriatska River
Bosnian cuisine that cannot be named
Shop window on the wall of the restaurant