Sarajevo
Capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the river Miljacka.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither Here Nor There | Bill Bryson | journey waypoint | Minarets, Cyrillic signs and a hotel dining room where Bryson is the only customer who can afford it. |
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Neither Here Nor There — Bill Bryson (1991)
Source: Readwise highlight
Seven slow, hot hours after leaving Split, we rolled into Sarajevo, capital of the republic of Bosnia-Hercegovina.
- Role: journey waypoint
- In the book: Chapter 20. “I was truly in another world now”: minarets everywhere, Cyrillic on the signs, steep hills, and the straight, swift Miljacka, along which Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in 1914. He stays at the faded Hotel Europa and dines at the Hotel Central, where inflation leaves him the only customer.
- Why it matters: A short stop, but the first scene where Bryson feels he has left western Europe, and it introduces the economic distress that dominates the Belgrade and Sofia chapters.