Just walking around the downtown in Sarajevo is pretty neat. Go check out the huge mosques, cathedrals and synagogues (all within a stones throw apart). You can see where Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated and trace the pathway of his motorcade. You can go see one of Europes oldest still-standing synagogues. There is also the Turkish market there. Make sure you try some cevapi or cevapcici (che-va-pee and che-vap-chee-chee). It's like Bosnian fast food but instead of burgers it is beef sausages in a kind of pita with mustard and stuff. Although it isn't a feel good experience, you should go see the fields upon fields of graves just outside of the downtown area on either side. If you're into clubbing there are supposed to be some cool ones in Sarajevo. . . it's not my thing so I don't have any names.
If you want to venture outside of Sarajevo you can take a neat train ride through the mountains to Mostar (2.5 hr train ride south) and see their cool stari grad (old town) and stari most (old bridge). Neat place.
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