We drove back from Dubrovnik to Sarajevo last summer. We spent a few days there, before we briefly visited Mostar and paid a visit to the historic village of Počitelj. Fueled up with a lot of heat, pita and cevapi, we returned back to Switzerland.

For the turn of the year, Seraina’s family and I flew to Sarajevo to visit her grandfather. I hadn’t been to Bosnia before so I was very curious. Many things were very much the way I expected them to be, having heard and read quite a bit about the country, though in general it was a bit nicer and more modern, actually. I enjoyed seeing a new city and enjoyed the food. The Bosnian (or Balkan) kitchen isn’t all that popular internationally, nor did it seem extremely rich in variety. But there were a few highlights.