Post cards from Mostar

There is a city in the south of Bosnia & Herzegovina called Mostar. Many folk songs sing about it. Many stories tell about it. The latest one is a bit sad one but mostly an inspirational one. See, there is a famous Old Bridge in Mostar. It was built between 1557. and 1566.  by the Ottoman builder called Mimar Hajrudin. During the latest war in BiH it was completely torn down in 1993. by some very bad and very stupid people. (that`s what I think of any wars - stupid people fighting for other people`s interests). Anyway, back to the story - because it was so famous and beautiful, the stones from the old Old Bridge were taken from the river Neretva and with them, the new Old Bridge was reconstructed - based on the design of the original bridge and using most of the stones from the original one.

If you ever come to Bosnia and Herzegovina, you have to come to Mostar and walk across this lovely bridge made of pride, hope, defiance and most importantly love.