Magic of MOSTAR: the Old Bridge and Ancient Bazaar!

Who destroyed the bridge?

I've been there in summer, and ate cevapi at Rota, which you can see in the first few minutes. They were glorious!
It was packed with people in every alley, like sardines in a can.
on the way back I missed a sign and drove thirty kilometres with no other road leading home to Peljesac. Suddenly, I was in "Serbia".
But, if I hadn't missed it, I wouldn't have seen the breathtaking landscape I landed in.

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God bless you 🇦🇱🇺🇸

Želim puno sreće vašoj obitelji. Pozdrav iz Rusije ❤❤❤

Mostar is one of the most alluring and culturally rich cities I've explored. Particularly enjoy it in April/May.

Thank you for highlighting this wonderful historic city! Just yesterday I was hoping for a video from you soon. ❤

Bravo!

love this

Neretva is coldest river in Earth

Krasna porodica. Puno pozdrava.

Glad you visited our town, and it has so much more to offer... Also it seems it was summer time so you found nice ways to cool down:)) glad your family enjoyed it🎉

Uh, long time no see... great video as always. Expecting more (and more frequent) from you guys :)

Nice to see you again, haven't seen you in a while. I am from Toronto, Canada and come from a Croatian background. I am so envious that you and your family are living in Croatia and hope to visit there one day soon for the first time. I have to say you put me to shame with your excellent command of the Croatian language. Lol. I did speak Croatian fluently as a child, but didn't use it growing up so unfortunately have lost a lot of it and at this point i think my shyness of not getting the words right, holds me back from speaking the language with family. Kudos to you. I do look forward to visiting one day, it's such a beautiful country. I've even contemplated getting my Croatian citizenship but seems to be a complicated process. Thanks again for your beautiful videos.

Nice video. Best regards 🙌👍🙂🍀🍀🍀🙏💞

There wasn't a single thing that you guys had to eat that I myself would not eat. I mean for me, EVERYTHING is on the table and nothing is going to stop me from eating....🤤 BTW..... I missed you all 🥰❤✌🙏

pa gdje ste tako dugo,

I moved to Croatia Porec 6 months ago with my family and I'm shocked how expensive it is here. It is mind boggling. The food prices are almost the same as in America. I don't know how people survive here with small salaries. The car prices are even more expensive. I thought my family would save money here but it is the same as living in the states. And the food quality has degraded. Croatia has officially turned into tiny usa.

več sam se zabrinuo,nema vas dugo :)

Great to see you guys again. The kids are really getting big! Back in Canada we are getting the cold. No snow yet.....

Good to see you guys back!
Was wondering if you came back to Canada or something.
Merry Christmas.
Nick in Montreal

Beautiful city, beautiful country... bit of history about the bridge...

Stari Most (lit. 'Old Bridge'), also known as Mostar Bridge, is a rebuilt 16th-century Ottoman bridge in the city of Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It crosses the river Neretva and connects the two parts of the city, which is named after the bridge keepers (mostari) who guarded the Stari Most during the Ottoman era.[1] During the Croat–Bosniak War, the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina used the bridge as a military supply line, and the bridge was shelled by the Croatian Defence Council (HVO) and collapsed on 9 November 1993. Subsequently, the bridge was reconstructed, and it re-opened on 23 July 2004.

The Old Bridge is an exemplary piece of Balkan Islamic architecture. It was commissioned by Suleiman the Magnificent in 1557 and designed by Mimar Hayruddin, a student and apprentice of the architect Mimar Sinan.


Keep in mind that Balkan local muslims were converted into Islam when Ottomans attacked and conquered, BiH and parts of Serbia, but were defeated by Croats in Croatia...

The Ottomans were defeated in Croatia in several battles, including:
Battle of Sisak (1593)
The Ottomans were defeated in this battle, which lasted about an hour. The Ottomans panicked and tried to swim across the Kupa River to reach their camp, but most of the army was either drowned or slaughtered. The Christian army captured 2,000 horses, 10 war flags, and other items.

Battle of Dubica (1513)
The Croatian army defeated the Ottoman army in this battle, which took place near the town of Dubica.

Osijek Campaign (1685)
The Habsburg-Croatian troops defeated the Ottomans in this campaign, but the general in charge decided to withdraw after reaching Osijek.
The Ottoman Empire ruled parts of Croatia from the 16th to the 17th century. Most of the territories were regained in the Great Turkish War, except for Turkish Croatia, which remained in Ottoman hands until the 19th century.

I just like to keep facts straight, because some of the Bosnian converted Muslims try to change history but that does not matter because history is history and there are facts. Other thing it is forgot to mention is that bridge does not represent any Balkan nations or should be part of history because Croats, Serbs and Bosnian converted muslims who were Serbs and Croats at one point were forced to build that bridge. If you ask me, that bridge is part of the history because it is there, but it is dark history and has no good part of history in Balkans whatsoever. Bosnian muslims praise Turkish today (back in the day Ottomans) people who were killing and raping their ancestors.

Notice too, how they built the mosques down the river just so they think that is it muslims city but it is not. If you go on the West side, which everyone should, it is Croatian side and it looks so good and advanced. The East part of Mostar looks like they live in like 1800s. When I visit Mostar, I go to the west side, do not care about that bridge, as it represents nothing.

I do like your channel and videos.

Ivan was very lucky to have the same "frula".
We couldn't afford one, so we made our own from "bazga", supposedly called elderberry in English. It's a bush that has a very soft core inside the hard shell, so you push out the core, drill a few holes on the outer hard skin, and voila you have a "frula".
We also used to make water pistols the same way then squirt each other!
Was lots of fun!

Dobro dosla u Herceg Bosnu

Your daughter looks so much like you❤ Strong genetics

Great city presented in a gorgeous way! Thanks a lot dear Friends! Best greetings from Poland!

I am from Mostar!

Welcome back. We have missed your wonderful Vlogs ❤

Beautiful 🎉

Divno vas je opet vidjeti ❤

Dugo vas nismo vidjeli, lijepo da ste opet aktivni, lipi pozdrav ❤ za obitelj 👋🏼

Ajde skoci moje je skocila oces da budes croatian pull your weight

I love Mostar ❤ Thanks for video, nice to remember

It's good to see all of you guys I missed you all 💯🫂💙🇺🇸🇭🇷

Sarah when you can go to the top of UCKA Istria
whit the family the kids will see a view they will never forget and maybe see hand gliders take of from the mountain top love from Istria Croatia HVALA 🇭🇷

I'll be in Mostar for Christmas. Looking forward to "Advent u Mostaru" and seeing my family of course.

Good to see you guys !!!
Thank you for visiting Mostar ❤❤

Im watching from Croatia

I love your channel and have been waiting for you to post more videos. This was a great one, your family is so sweet and you capture the places you visit so nicely. Thank you!!

Hi can you please go to Medjugorje in Bosnia it is not far from Mostar and it is very religious Catholic.

its been a long time without your videos I really missed you guys 🥰

lepa si volimo sarmu :) OCEMO SARMU ! SARMU! I mozda Chevape ili kako se to vec zove sa kajmakom?

Divers are unimployed lozers who spend their days on bridge asking for money instead for getting a job, 100% of em are muslim, walking around half naked on a bridge is not haram when you can make 50e from people who work for their money

Lijepo vas gledat i slušat. Koda ste mi familija. Svaka čast kako snimate i pričate o svemu. Pozdrav iz Windsor 🇨🇦