There is a long-standing Mostar tradition of bridge diving from the Old Bridge. We got to see three dives today. I couldn't possibly get a photo of it, but Colleen managed to capture one. The divers stand and pretend they will jump for quite a while before they make this 75 foot dive into the icy cold water of the Neretva River.
Among the shops of Old Town Mostar was a coppersmith who takes bullets and bombs from the war and creates objects of art -- a real life example of swords to ploughshares.
The Muslim cemetery that fills a former park is a sad commentary on the reality of war. All the graves have a death date of 1993 to 1995. The cemetery replaced the park because it was too dangerous to bury their dead in the more exposed cemeteries. This space was safe from snipers.
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