Monday May 19 Vocational day & Tour of Sarajevo.

Cathedral Church of Nativity of the Theotokos - Serb Orthodox Cathedral in Sarajevo

After a morning of vocational tours and visit with the locals, the team re-grouped and was given a combination walking tour / bus tour of Sarajevo. Our guide Mohammed was a child in Sarajevo during the war and shared a great deal of personal insight into life at that time. He lived through things we can only imagine in our nightmares – bombings by military tanks and how much of life was restricted to movement under the cover of the dark of night, for protection from snipers. You may recall Princess Diana’s works with victims of landmines that remain in many war torn countries, well here it is a very harsh reality. On average two or three people per month are killed from landmines.
As we walked about the city of Sarajevo we have opportunity to visit the Olympic Stadium of the1984 Winter Olympics, mosques and churches as well as the site of Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination which began World War I.
The many people we have had the opportunity to meet and spent time with, although they are very private people as a whole they have been so very generous and willing to share with us some of their most private thoughts and horrific experiences – something that is awe inspiring. Both we as visitors and they as host have learned so much about each other as individuals, countries and cultures. Rotary’s Mission of peace keeping, understanding and tolerance is clearly in full motion through this GSE Tour.

Sebilj Fountain in Bašcaršija

Assasination site of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Sarajevo Cathedral

Cevapi - Bosnian national specialty

Monday May 19 Vocational day & Tour of Sarajevo.

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina