See the hot spots around The Balkans In 60 Days – Stop 15 Mostar, Bosnia

26/8/2018. Time to tear myself away from Croatia. After a three-hour bus ride, I arrived in Mostar of Bosnia, one of only a few countries in Europe with a significant Muslim population. I expected the color tone, the style, even the air would be noticeably different. Sure enough, the flamboyance and bubbliciousness of Croatia were no longer. Mostar is a small town, more conservative and low-key, less expressive. After the big blast of Croatia, a bit of winding down was welcomed. It was not good for me to be so pumped for too long.

Stari Most, also known as Mostar Bridge, is iconic. Like an encrusted ring, it arches high above the turquoise green waters of the Neretva River below. Shops and restaurants crowded along the river, connected by narrow cobbled streets, peeping over the edge, nestled among the green vegetation and under the protective stare of the mountains, standing behind like muscular bodyguards. It was a most photogenic spot minus the hubbub.

26/8/2018 在克罗地亚潇洒十天后，享尽沙滩风光，人间欢乐，不得已，得离开了，还有不少好戏在后头。又上车，三小时抵达波斯尼亚的莫斯塔 (Mostar)。意料中这里肯定是不同色彩，不同情调，波斯尼亚是欧洲少数的慕斯林国。这是个小镇，到波斯尼亚来的都可能探头到莫斯塔一睹。

这古老拱桥是这里的地标，没雄伟大桥，涛涛大水，就只别致小桥流水，远看如只家传钻戒，桥下碧水流淌，在河岸和青山布满餐厅房子。在克罗地亚热闹了好几天，长时间高度兴奋对我身体不好，这小镇情调来得正好。