I'm not sure what I was expecting here in Sarejevo, Bosnia, but this is not it.The weather is just stunning - but beyond that the city is also amazingly cosmopolitan and welcoming.
The bridges - and it feels like there are loads - are charming, quaint, not over busy.
And if you like architecture then churches, mosques, synagogues, austro hungarian, moslem inspired - it's all here.
The streets are patently not paved with gold but they have a marble sheen that is well - intoxicating in this weather.
But then there is the grim real bit with the range of mountain around the bowl in which Sarajevo sits - wooded and dominant they and the many shimmiering graveyards around show the horror to everyone of what happened when this city was put under seige...For me, it's more political tourism and I'm loving it... and as a place to be in it is way beyond my expectations.
More to follow... for now, more Bosnian coffee.
