{"id":88,"date":"2015-09-06T00:01:08","date_gmt":"2015-09-06T00:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europeinpictures.com\/croatia-bosnia-trip-report\/?page_id=88"},"modified":"2017-07-12T04:53:50","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T04:53:50","slug":"trebinje-bosnia-and-herzegovina","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.europeinpictures.com\/croatia-bosnia-trip-report\/trebinje-bosnia-and-herzegovina","title":{"rendered":"Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I drove north from Montenegro late in the afternoon, I didn’t know which town I’d sleep in that night. I guessed I’d drive as far as I could that evening and stop in either Mostar or Trebinje. I was planning to stop in Blagaj near Mostar either way, but I had visited Mostar before. It’s a nice town but I didn’t feel a need to return \u2013 not even as compelling as my return to Dubrovnik.<\/p>\n

The town of Trebinje was on my radar because it looked to be off the tourist trail \u2013 maybe a nice, undisturbed town, a contrast to the ultra-touristy Dubrovnik nearby. And it has a beautiful old stone bridge. Had I not already been to Mostar in 2009, I most certainly would have stopped there instead.<\/p>\n

Driving from Montenegro, I eventually made it into Trebinje not too long before sunset. I found the old Arslanagi\u0107 Bridge (stone bridge) fairly easily, and I found it while there was some great golden hour light on it.<\/p>\n

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Arslanagi\u0107 Bridge, Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/p><\/div>
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\"Arslanagi\u0107<\/a>

Arslanagi\u0107 Bridge, Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

This bridge was originally further from town, but during the Yugoslav years the river was dammed and the bridge flooded; eventually is was dismantled, put aside, then moved and carefully re-assembled in its present location. It seems that moving old bridges is fairly common in Europe; I encountered a similar old bridge like that in the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n

One thing that struck me as I drove around Trebinje was how much less prosperous the town seemed than any I’d seen in Croatia or even Montenegro. It seemed like a fairly poor town, even though, supposedly, it has been one of the more prosperous towns in the country. The neighborhood the area near the bridge seemed run down and a bit sketchy,, almost to the point where I worried about parking my car and walking too far away from it. (But I did and it was fine.) <\/p>\n

Along the Trebi\u0161njica river, as the sun went down and I took my pictures, the frogs in the river made a lot of noise \u2013 almost deafening. It was actually pretty cool.<\/p>\n