Bosnia:Sarajevo

Rainy morning for our walking tour of the old town part of Sarajevo. Very interesting place with a tumultuous recent history of terrible conflict. It is hard to imagine the 3 years of fighting on these historic streets. For so many years Sarajevo served as an example of how different  religious and ethnic groups could live  together peacefully. There has been major restoration of much of the city but the evidence of war remains in the bullet holes in buildings. Also had a very eerie feeling passing the corner where the assassination of ArchDuke  Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie triggered the start of WW1 and the end of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. 

The Turkish influence is very much seen in the architecture and in the Bosnian coffee enjoyed in the old market.