Mu Seputembala 2013, tafufuza Bosnia ndi Herzegovina. Ulendowu unayamba ndi usiku uja ku Sarajevo, likulu la boma. Mzindawu wazunguliridwa ndi ma alps dinar alps ndipo ili pa Mtsinje wa Mchakudya, womwe umagawanika ku mitsinje yakumpoto ndi kumwera.
Tinakhala mu hopylipo hostel yemwe adasala pasadakhale. Tinafika m'mawa kwambiri, tinkakumana nafe mwini wokondwa, yemwe timagwirizana naye pamtengo wokwanira. Koma chinthu chachikulu ndikuti hostel ili mu gawo lakale la kotala la Turkey Sarajevo. Pafupifupi mphindi zingapo kuyenda kuchokera ku kasupe wotchuka wa Sebil pa Bascharia lalikulu, komwe tidapita patsogolo. Uwu ndi mtima ndi mzimu wa Sarajevo yokhala ndi chikumbutso chowala cha Ottoman. Apa mutha kukhala tsiku lonse, ndikumwa khofi wabwino, ndikudyetsa nkhunda waulesi, ndikuwona amalonda ndikungosangalala ndi mlengalenga. Mmodzi mwa misewu yakale kwambiri ku chigawo cha Baschariassia amatchedwa Medni. Msewuwu ngati wosungiramo zinthu zakale zakuthambo. Panjira pali mizere yambiri yogula, masitepe, masitolo, komwe amagulitsa zinthu zokongola zamkuwa. Pali misewu ina yambiri yosangalatsa m'derali. Palinso mizikiti ingapo. Mu umodzi tinali ndi mwayi wochezera. Ichi ndiye mzikiti wa Gazi Husta-Bay Mbiri ya XVI, yomwe ndi masiku omwe abwerera ku XVI, amadziwika kuti ndi mzikiti waukulu wonse wa Bosnia ndi Herzegovina, komanso andzegovina. Minaret mzikiti wopitilira mita 45. M'bwalo la mzikiti ndi kasupe wamiyambo yotupa. Kuti tinali ndi ndalama zophiphiritsa, tinkaloledwa kulowa mkati ndipo zimatenga chithunzi. M'munsi muholo zimakutidwa ndi matayala omwe adawonetsedwa maiko ochokera kumayiko osiyanasiyana achisilamu. Makoma amakongoletsedwa ndi zolemba za Arabu ndi mawonekedwe a geometric. Chosangalatsa ndichakuti, mzikiti sikuti sikachisi yekha, komanso malo amisonkhano yabwino. Madzulo, pamene Mullala Mullah zimamveka kuzungulira mzindawu, kutsogolo kwa khomo la mzikiti, abambo ndi amayi akungokhalabe kupemphera, komanso kukambirana mavuto achangu.
Mukatha kuphunzira midzi yakale yoyenda mumtsinje wa Machatska. Amadutsa mumtima mwa mzindawu. Mu nthawi ya ku Austria, premenian yomangidwa idamangidwa pamtsinje. Romeo ndi Juliet Bridge amadziwikanso kuti mlatho wa briban. Sizikuwoneka zapadera, koma pankhondo ku Bosnia mu Meyi 1993, okonda awiri, Admira ndi Bosko adawombera, pomwe adayesa kuthawa mzinda womwe waphedwa. Amakonda sukuluyo. Anali serb, anali Msilamu. Adawomberedwa nthawi yomweyo. Anamwalira nthawi yomweyo; Anakwawira kwa iye, ndipo anakankhanana ndi thupi lake, ndiye kuti anamwalira. Kwa masiku angapo, adagona m'manja. Briddot iyi inaonanso oyamba omwe akhudzidwa ndi nkhondo ya Bosnian. Pali chikwangwani pakati pa mladi mukukumbukira imfa yomvetsa chisoni iyi. Nyumba pafupi ndi mlatho umatopa ndi zipolopolo. Kuyenda kupita ku Museum of Arts abwino, tidawona nyumba zingapo zophulika. Anthu ena anapitilizabe kukhala m'nyumba zazing'ono pakati pa mabwinja. Tidayenda ndikuganiza. Chikhalidwe chokongola, anthu okongola, mzinda wokondweretsa, koma wachisoni ndi kukhumba.
Tsiku lotsatira tinapita ku Stadium Stadium. A Sarajevo anali ndi masewera a nthawi yachisanu 1984. Masiku ano, amadziwika kuti ndi bwalo la "Asym Ferkhatovich-Hase", wotchedwa Wood Fawn Bookballer. Zowoneka zachisoni. Mu 1984 chinali chosangalatsa pano. Palibe amene akanatha kuganiza ndipo mukuganiza kuti ndi zinthu ziti zomwe zikuyembekezeka.
Kuyenda m'misewu ya Sarajevo, kuwononga nkhondo ndi nkhondo ndi makatobombo m'manyumba ayenera kuvomera kuti mzindawu udaukitsidwa.
Ngati muli ndi chidwi chofuna kuphunzira zambiri, muyenera kugwira ganyu potsogolera kwa maola angapo. Kampani yathu yaying'ono ya anthu atatu adalipira ma euro 20 kwa maola atatu a maulendo atatu. Uwu ndi mwayi wabwino kuwona mzindawu kudzera m'maso a wokhalako wamba.
Inde, ndipo musaiwale kuyendera msika wa Ottoman m'nyumba, atakhala 1555, iyi ndi malo abwino kugula. Tinagula tchizi chophweka, chomwe chimadza mwa mawonekedwe a mkate wochepa wa mkate, masamba owiritsa ndi saladi wowaza, Pahlav ndi marmalade. Ndipo zonse zomwe mungayese musanagule.
Ku Sarajevo, maulendo ambiri omwe mungagule zinthu zabwino pamtengo wotsika kwambiri. Ndizokoma kwambiri pano m'malesitilanti, musaiwale zokha kusiya malangizo. Ndipo adayenda motsimikizika, kapena kum'mawa!
