First baby flight & arriving in Mostar

First Baby Flight

We had our first flight with our baby, a short one straight from Gothenburg to Mostar. The airport stay and flight went fast and also having a baby let’s you pass the line, onboard and off the plane. A pleasant first surprise about traveling with a baby. Before and during takeoff all focus is on breastfeeding and relaxing, same as with the landing. It went smooth this time, no screaming, hassle or trouble.

Breastfeeding on takeoff. Photo: Sanjin Đumišić.Flying to Mostar, Bosnia Herzegovina. Photo: Sanjin Đumišić.

 

Wonderful Nights

It’s 1 am and the rain has been getting heavier and heavier while the lightning and thunder is going on strong behind the mist, that literally gives about 200m sight. I can’t remember since when I’ve seen this kind of sky spectacles live. Here in Mostar I remember, as a kid, experiencing the red sand storm but it’s been long ago I was under a storms eye.

Lightning in Mostar. Photo: Sanjin Đumišić.

As the Sunday morning arrives with a storm my wife and baby are asleep, like the whole town seems to be. With that said, there is something über poetic about this, as I sit in a soft chair, having window panorama view over the scenery. The dull and grey day finally payed off nighttime with the sky spectacle. Then after a while it becomes again the steady dull rainy weather.

Lightning in Mostar. Photo: Sanjin Đumišić.

 

Mornings

Fresh raw sallad in Mostar. Photo: Sanjin Đumišić. Lisa and Florens in Mostar. Photo: Sanjin Đumišić.Fresh Bosnian carrot apple juice. Photo: Sanjin Đumišić.

 

The Town

Lisa, Bruce Lee, Florens and Sanjin in Mostar.

Kiwi in Mostar. Photo: Sanjin Đumišić.
They could grow kiwi’s here if they wanted to.

If you’re coming here with a baby, be prepared to change diapers on a good street spot. The café’s and other places you might visit are not baby-friendly. There is never a changing table so be prepared and carry around some diapers, lying pad, baby wipes, hand sanitizer and things like that. Also, the streets aren’t so troller friendly, especially in the Old Town with all the bricks. We use only a Babybjörn baby carrier which is comfortable and Florens faced the front when awake and wondering, then my chest when sleeping and resting. I’d really recommend a baby carrier because everything in Mostar is at a walking distance anyway.

Sleeping baby Florens with Sanjin. Photo: Lisa Sinclair.Baby Florens in Mostar. Photo: Sanjin Đumišić.Florens and Sanjin in Mostar streets. Photo: Lisa Sinclair.Sanjin with Florens, October in Mostar. Photo: Lisa Sinclair.

 

Mist

Mist over Mostar. Photo: Sanjin Đumišić. Mist over Mostar. Photo: Sanjin Đumišić. Mist over Mostar. Photo: Sanjin Đumišić.

 

Old Town (Stari Grad)

Old town of Mostar. Photo: Sanjin Đumišić.Old town of Mostar. Photo: Sanjin Đumišić.Old town of Mostar. Photo: Sanjin Đumišić.

Old Bridge (Stari Most) in Mostar. Photo: Sanjin Đumišić.
This photo of the Old Bridge (Stari Most) was taken during a summer trip several years ago.

Old town of Mostar. Photo: Sanjin Đumišić.Ottoman house in Mostar. Photo: Sanjin Đumišić.Old Clock Tower in Mostar (Sahat Kula). Photo: Sanjin Đumišić.

Jugend entrance in Mostar. Photo: Sanjin Đumišić.
Jugend entrance to a building probably built during the Austria-Hungary regime.

Grave of Aleksa Šantić. Photo: Sanjin Đumišić.Reconstruction of Orthodox church in Mostar. Photo: Sanjin Đumišić.Love wins street art.Old town of Mostar. Photo: Sanjin Đumišić.Old town of Mostar. Photo: Sanjin Đumišić.Florens and Sanjin on Kriva Ćuprija.Don't Forget Mostar 1993.

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