Thursday, March 3rd. Walking Tour of the city. Visited the street corner where Princip killed the Archduke and wife. Was a cafe, now it’s a museum. Lunch was nibble food of pastries containing cheese, meat, or potato. I walked to the Sarajevo Brewery and tasted two beers. Beautiful space. Their museum was closed. (Sarajevo has a lot of museums.) Extensive tram system, too many cars. Many times I had to walk on the street because the sidewalks were used as parking spots.

Lots and lots of souviner shops, much less intensive salemenship than other cities, though as soon as looked at something for the customary three seconds, the proprietor would get a shopping bag ready to drop it in. Too much smoking. Over 100 mosques. Famously has a catholic church, orthodox church, mosque, and synagogue all within 200 yards of one another. The tourist area is very clean.

The evening was a home-hosted dinner. Extremely knowledgable host with a very cute 4 year-old daughter and 16 year-old daughter who spoke better English than I with no trace of an accent. As usual, I had real misgivings entering a house with zero knowledge of the host. I consider it rude not to learn something in advance. But it’s OAT’s way.

At least four in our group of 13 got food poisoning, probably during breakfast. Two skipped their home dinner, two got the symptoms during dinner. It happens. The hotel seems extremely understaffed and undertrained.