Night Train to Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Okay, okay, we did take the train from Mostar to Sarajevo for a weekend visit, but it was at 6:30am, not at night. But I thought "Night Train to Sarajevo" was a more intriguing title than "6:30am Train to Sarajevo". But since I got you here, why don't you stay.

Sarajevo is such an intriguing city to me. On one hand it's a bit shrouded in mystery as much of the eastern block countries are (or were) to a boy from the United States growing up during the cold war*. And on the other hand, my mind is full of positive images from the 1984 Winter Olympics showcasing this amazing city as well as horrific images I saw on television (when I watched - as I was in college and not reading a lot of news) from the war in Bosnia & Herzegovina. 

*A quick side note: While The People's Republic of Yugoslavia was a slavic country with ties to the former Soviet Union, it famously stayed neutral during the Cold War, not siding with the US or Soviet Union, despite being a communist country. 

The train from Mostar to Sarajevo takes about two hours, but travels along a delightful stretch of landscape that includes mountains and small towns. We almost decided to jump off the train in a small town called Konic just cuz, why not, but we decided to stay the course.  ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).