Herewith an important update... a
new French Bakery has opened in Sarajevo. And this is the real deal.
Proper French croissants, pain au
chocolate, tarts and a real assortment of breads, all made the traditional way.
Everything really is excellent,
very reasonably priced and well worth a visit.
At the moment, it is just
takeaway, but I have heard rumors that seating and coffee will be available
soon.
Bon Appétit!
Address; Kranjcevica, just past the Intesa SanPaulo Bank on the right hand side (at the bottom of Alipasna)
So, we have a new addition to our
little family. A little kitten. We found her loitering outside our flat a few
weeks ago and after much agonising, we took her in.
We had talked about getting a
kitten, but never thought it would actually happen! It is quite common for
internationals here to end up taking various pets back home. If we are honest
with ourselves, it is probably not the most sensible decision we have ever
made, but I know we can make it work and more importantly give her a nice home!
The vet reckons she about 4
months old. She is a little tabby cat with a white chest and a kind of tiger
print on her front legs and she has a spotty tummy (thus her name, Pika, which
is spot in Bosnian).
I am getting used to having an
animal to care for, she is quite a vocal creature and for something so small
she can make a lot of noise! It took us a couple of disturbed (and frustrating)
evenings to realise that we could not ignore the meowing and she just simply
wanted us to play with her. Ever since, she has been much better and she seems
to be settling in nicely.
The only downside of a cat (especially
living in a flat) is the litter tray. No matter how clean you keep them, they
always seems to smell. I am struggling a little bit with this and have moved
the tray out of the sitting room into the spare room we don’t use and am hoping
this might help.
All in all, the positives
outweigh the negatives and it is always lovely to get home to a little face
waiting for you at the door!
Another post about skiing...!
Last night, on a boring, wet and generally quite miserable Monday evening we
hit the slopes after work. And it was brilliant!
In my 25 or so years of skiing,
this was a first for me, and it was great fun. We headed up to Bjelasnica after
work and if this was not all great, we pretty much has the mountain to
ourselves! The weather was a bit rubbish - snowing heavily, but there was not a
breath of wind and everything was very calm - much more so than during the day.
There was one T-bar open, which
offered skiing on two runs, one lit and one not.
The two bars at the bottom were
open and a quick break half way through for a beer and a plate of ustipci made
it the perfect evening.
Night skiing takes place every
evening at Bjelasnica from 18:30-21:00. The cost is 20KM for the ski pass.
Parking is free. However, there did not seem to be any ski rental shops open.
All in all, another excellent
Bosnian experience only 30 minutes from our front door. And what a way to spend
a Monday night... I will certainly miss this when I am back in London...
crammed on a train trying to get home!
