After four days in Hungary, we hopped on another train, this time for a long, winding trip to Sarajevo. We traveled briefly south through Hungarian countryside to the Croatian border, spent a few hours traveling through Croatia's interior rolling hills and cornfields to the Bosnian border, and then rolled through Bosnia to Sarajevo. While there is only one 2-car train per day that makes the trip from Hungary to Bosnia, we had a relatively new, though still AC-less, empty cabin to ourselves. Much like US airlines, we have a 9 hour ride with no food service. So we packed a lunch/dinner of clifbars, and salami, mustard, and cheese sandwiches from the grocery store and set out on our way.
I am excited and lucky to report that Bosnia is the 50th country that I have visited in my 20s (I just turned 29). More than once in the past few years, I've though I would only probably make it to 10 or so more countries in my life. But the more I travel, the more I keep finding places I am eager to see! And I have continued to be lucky enough to find time and opportunities to experience them. Like a number of places I have visited in the last 9 years, Bosnia was not really on my travel radar screen until just a few weeks ago. And yet somehow, here I am. So we will see - I once again am at a stage where I suspect that I will not visit too many more new countries. But I am really lucky and surprised to have made it to 50 so far! And, more immediately, I am excited and a bit nervously anticipating this next country, which is supposedly fascinating, lively, and recovering well from the wars that have ravaged it for most of the past century.
I am excited and lucky to report that Bosnia is the 50th country that I have visited in my 20s (I just turned 29). More than once in the past few years, I've though I would only probably make it to 10 or so more countries in my life. But the more I travel, the more I keep finding places I am eager to see! And I have continued to be lucky enough to find time and opportunities to experience them. Like a number of places I have visited in the last 9 years, Bosnia was not really on my travel radar screen until just a few weeks ago. And yet somehow, here I am. So we will see - I once again am at a stage where I suspect that I will not visit too many more new countries. But I am really lucky and surprised to have made it to 50 so far! And, more immediately, I am excited and a bit nervously anticipating this next country, which is supposedly fascinating, lively, and recovering well from the wars that have ravaged it for most of the past century.
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