We're Jordan and Emily an Australian couple traveling full-time with a
mission to see as much of the world as possible before our money runs out
after finishing a long six-hour hike above the fortress of Kotor we took a bus to Dubrovnik
where we spent one quick and expensive night exploring the city we then crossed
the border into Bosnia and Herzegovina and made our way to the gorgeous town of Mostar
today is our third day in Bosnia and Herzegovina and we are exploring the beautiful city of
Mostar the plan for today explore old town see the massive bridge that people jump off of
of course eat some delicious food but most importantly Bosnian coffee
almost immediately you can see the Turkish influence here they ruled here for a few
hundred years so it makes sense that there's a lot of influence but all the architecture this
bridge that we're on now the famous one was originally built by the Turks when they were here
too and everywhere you go you see like copper pots like the old turkish coffee that we tried when
we were in Egypt we were told very sternly that that is not Turkish coffee that is Bosnian coffee
so that's what we have to try very different things this is the old bridge in Mostar and
people jump off of this all throughout the day i believe foreigners can do it you have to pay
like a 25 euro fee to do it you also have to prove you can jump safely off of like a little baby jump
because it is so freaking tall up here i don't know how anyone does it a lot of locals also do
it they obviously have done it plenty of times they essentially walk around getting money
from tourists saying yeah i'll jump give me a tip once they are happy with how much money they have
open they go apparently Mostar got its name because that means guardians of the bridge and
it used to be it was named after the people either under the bridge that would guard it
so Mostar is like a super unique city it's like it's all been built around these rivers
that they have and like almost into the cliff faces so all of the terraces from
the restaurants have like these little spots and you're just overlooking the river but it
looks like just any sort of flat area they're like yep flatten it out put a chair on it
obviously this region was in a pretty big war not that long ago and there are reminders everywhere
it seems like they've done it on purpose to make sure that people don't forget the war there's
even a sign that says don't forget 1993 which i believe was one of the seiges of Mostar there's
also buildings that haven't been brought back yet so there's ruins with bullet holes and can be
pretty confronting but it's there so people don't forget yeah it's a very unique feel of a town
and it's just crazy to think that that's such a recent history it's so sad
it looks so tall when you're up standing on the top but then you come down here and somehow it
looks scarier looking at the baby board like the practice one i don't even think i could go off the
very first one so this area down here sort of like under the restaurants and on the river is where
everyone comes during the day to watch the people jump basically you have to wait around for ages
till they get their money but then they jump so we're gonna try and come back and catch a jumper
might have to be here for like two hours but we'll try and film a jumper we'll get one
i feel like it's no secret that our favorite thing to do in cities is get up early and see
them when there's hardly anyone around and yet again it was well worth it it's
amazing we had more time than we thought we did because we got up for breakfast the other day
and there was already people out at like 6 30 but today we got lucky yeah i just feel like
if you're not a morning person just try it once because you get to experience the city in such
a different way like it's amazing to be here when it's all hustling and bustling and there's people
everywhere and the restaurants are open but to get to come here and it's kind of just to yourselves
i don't know it's really special it's like the two sides of a city if you like it with all
the hustle and bustle and all the people just do that as well you get both yeah do it do it
but how pretty is this cafe we've come to it's got the best view of the bridge and it's not
that much more expensive than other places we've seen so we don't have connection in bosnia and
herzegovina because it's not part of the EU i think so we can't google the actual difference
between Bosnian coffee and Turkish coffee so when we sat down to this restaurant i just ordered
them i asked the guy what's the difference he just laughed at me so we may never know
i feel like a hacker they have a wi-fi here and i just got in the password was so complicated it was
one two three four five six seven eight nine okay the difference between Turkish coffee and Bosnian
coffee Bosnian coffee differs from Turkish coffee in the sugar Turkish coffee is made by adding
sugar to the water and the coffee pot whereas Bosnian version adds sugar to the brewed coffee
so it's all in the sugar ah waiter is really lovely but i don't think he speaks any english
so i've googled how to drink this so step one pour coffee into the small cup
step two dip the sugar cube into the cup step three rub the wet sugar cube onto your tongue
step four take a sip of the coffee step five take a sip of the water step six repeat until finished
i really like it it's quite strong it's like a whole different thing going on in your
in your mouth sugary to start so it wakes you up
and the coffee wakes you up more it's really good i think you'll like it whoa
of course it's amazing because it's got a strong coffee and like a massive chunk of sugar
you're basically like having a sugary coffee but you mix it in your mouth instead of in the cup
pretty good
now that we are caffeinated we need to get something to eat we're going to get
a snack here that bosnians really like it's Burek we've actually had it before
in serbia and also in Montenegro and in Croatia
and they're all really good but the bosnian one is only burek if it's got meat inside
and we've only tried the cheese so i'm really excited to see what it's like and compare it
that is amazing it is really different to the cheese burek the meat is very like oniony and
herby and savory the pastry is as good as it ever is i don't know which one i prefer
i do feel like whenever we get to try all these different foods it's so hard to tell whether you
just like the first one because it's your first experience with the food it's like cheeseburger
is amazing this is so different to that i can't tell which is my favorite it's like when we tried
Cau Soi for the first time and then we went to an even more popular place khao soi masai but
we preferred the first one i don't know if it's because the first one was actually better or just
because it's the first time we've tried it thing i love about brewery it's such a good little snack
for the morning you can pull apart all of the rings and it just flakes apart it's so delicious
there's something about it that reminds me of a dumpling we just got takeaway Burek and came
to this little park it's really nice had to order coffee to be able to sit here but no biggie and we
got to meet a dog she was so cute the owner said oh she's just a little baby you're like this big
bed this is incredible i don't want to start fights in the comments by ranking the balkan Burek
but let's just say this is up there this is one of the great ones
i don't know how to even describe it but yeah definitely dumpling vibes
but still with a crispy burek flake oh
what's next
we have come to this restaurant to order some traditional Bosnian food we've ordered Klepe
which is like a Bosnian dumpling and dolma so i have the Dolma it looks really good i
think the thing that's throwing me off is when i think of dolma i think of the greek
stuffed vine leaves and this is not that this gives me more Salma Romanian Salma
it's a stuffed capsicum with
meat and what looks like rice and then a bunch of sour cream and dill on top
that is so like rich and comforting and creamy it really does remind me of the Salma in Romania
very like heartwarming love-filled dish so i've gone to for the traditional Klepe apparently the
balkans they have all their different sorts of dumplings this is the Bosnian version
i don't actually know what's inside it i'm assuming it's going to be meat because i
think it's either meat or cheese and it wasn't actually on the menu that i saw
and it's got heaps of sour cream on it as well they love sour cream
that is super nice the sour cream adds a lot more to it than i thought it was going to and the
dough is kind of like ravioli dough that's amazing what happened
dropped a dumpling and it splashed all over me
so good i think my favorite was the Dolma the dumplings were amazing but it was just too much
sour cream for me that's like all you could taste if it was on the side it would have been really
good the dolma it just tastes like something that your grandma or mom has made like it's so
filled with comfort and love so those two meals and some drinks with 33 bosnian money but now
we're gonna go and see if we can see a bridge diver bridge jumper bridge jumper that sounds like
it's dodgy i feel like they're divers they're like professionals except for the tourists probably
didn't even know it but we ordered local Mostar beer
tastes like beer
just at the end of the day we saw one jumper it's crazy how long they're in the air for
i could never do that no he's now a man if he's been a man a few times probably so cool see them
like splash cold water on themselves so the body's not in shock when they hit the water
it's cool really cool i'm glad we got to see one me too and from over here with a beer not bad