Mostar Wanderings

Today was a bit of a lazy day and that was just fine with me.  Unfortunately, sleep was apparently not in the cards for me as I woke up way earlier than necessary.  Unable to sleep I decided to just start my day.  Grabbing my laptop and a chair I headed out onto our little balcony in an attempt to take advantage of the internet while everyone else slept – it has a tendency to work better when as few people are on it as possible – and upload some pictures for you guys.  Sadly the internet was not cooperating but on the upside, trying took long enough that it was time for breakfast!  Sleepy dialogues filed in pretty steadily throughout breakfast.  It’s only an hour here and we’re college kids, you won’t see us missing out on free food.  Breakfast definitely hit the spot; they had tons of fresh fruit (yay watermelon!) and black tea which was probably my favorite part.  Tea here is kind of hard to come by, usually it’s pink or green or fruity and just generally icky in my opinion so I was pumped for plain old black tea.  After breakfast we discovered that the hot water heater in our room doesn’t work so after frigid showers we headed out to explore Mostar some more.  This was our main aim for the day and I’d say it was well accomplished and we explored the whole area around the bridge and old town, getting our fair share of pictures.  I was feeling under the weather so I headed back a bit early to rest before our afternoon meeting.  In the afternoon we spoke with members of the Croatian Democratic Union, one of the Croat parties in Bosnia –Herzegovina.  They had an…. interesting perspective.  Their main goals seemed to be increased representation and a reform of election laws.  Even though I mentioned in my last post that I usually enjoy hearing from politicians, this pair proved too much even for me.  After the meeting, my little group wandered off in search of food and found chicken nuggats (no typo there) which actually are 3 little nuggets on a big bun with the usual sauces and veggies for here.  Then of course, gelato and wandering on our way home was necessary.  Now it’s chill time and off to Dubrovnik in the morning.  Rumor has it, we get to beach while we’re there which I am way excited for.