From Sarajevo, Bosnia to Lake Bled, Slovenia

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Nothing much happened in our lives between arriving back from Tunisia to departing to our second destination of 2025: Sarajevo. This time, my family and I returned to the most convenient airport for us here in Norfolk - Stansted - to catch an unbelievably cheap £20 one-way flight with Ryanair to the Bosnian Capital. 

I hadn’t thought much about this trip until it was almost upon us, which meant quite a lot of our choices were spontaneous. 

In Sarajevo, we spent the morning checking out two museums and the afternoon taking a cable car to a snow capped mountain top and walking down an abandoned toboggan track. Whatever we didn’t see, didn’t matter. Onwards to Mostar on an incredible train track through the mountains to a town built around a stunning bridge for a one-night stay. Two vegetarian meals (for me at least) at Foodhaus were the highlight.Then into a private taxi to Dubrovnik, via a stunning waterfall, where we stayed for two nights in the heart of the old town. It was beautifully uncrowded and we topped off our time there with a breakfast buffet at the five-star Hilton before jumping on a bus to Split. 

Split was an unexpected delight - lovely wide streets and plenty to see - for a one nighter. My wife Miras got to join in some street Zumba dancing and we hit the five-star Radisson buffet for a breakfast to remember. The next day, a meandering train ride got us to Zagreb just in time to get caught in a hostel lift, where we had to shout for several minutes in order to get rescued. After a few hours sleep, we climbed aboard the last train of the trip to Lake Bled. More amazing scenery on the way and a perfect two-night stay in an Airbnb above the lake. 

By the time we flew home to London, it almost felt like we needed a holiday to recover from this one. It had been fast-paced and a lot of travelling, but definitely worth it for the countless memories we’d made together. 



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