ahh, abandonment. there are so many abandoned sites in the hills surrounding Sarajevo and we climbed three buildings during this afternoon’s tour to get views of the city below…but…<\/p>\n
this was an unexpected surprise! i’d always wanted to visit the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics<\/a> bobsled track<\/a>, which has been abandoned since the ’90s after\u00a0it was used by the Serb forces as an artillery position during the Siege of Sarajevo<\/a>. i thought i didn’t sign up for a tour which included it<\/a>, but i did! (i was going to drive myself tomorrow and visit the abandoned ski jump area as well.)<\/p>\n i’m actually thinking going with a tour is\u00a0probably for the best, since they were able to drop us off at the top and meet us at the bottom — if i had driven myself, i would have had to go all the way back up. (and, since i don’t have data service here, i probably would have gotten lost…)<\/p>\n i still can’t believe i walked this! this video has an introduction to the mountain and location at the beginning, but you can skip to 2:34 for a description of the course.<\/p>\n