Visiting the Olympic Mountain Jahorina [Part 1/2]

Jahorina is also one of the four Olympian mountains in Bosnia and Herzegovina where the the 14th winter Olympics in 1984 were held. Of course it was that time when this mountain experienced the biggest boom and the country was pretty much in everyones mouth. Mountain Jahorina hosted the women's alpine skiing events of the 1984 Winter Olympics. While it is relatively close to home (only a 3 hour drive from Mostar) I never visited until recently. Fresh snow fell the night before and we arrived to a true winter wonderland. In this first post I want to show you the lonely sights of forests and plains here, while the second part will be more about the main tourist hubs, ski stations and Olympic festivities.

This is a two-part travel series:

Part One: Visiting the Olympic Mountain Jahorina

Part Two: Visiting the Olympic Mountain Jahorina

Jahorina Olympic Ski Resort is the biggest and most popular ski resort in Bosnia and Herzegovina and offers a variety of outdoor sports and activities. It is primarily a destination for alpine skiing, snowboarding, hiking, and sledding, with over 40 km (25 mi) of ski slopes and modern facilities. You will see more of it in the second part.

There was a lot of activity on the slopes this day which didn't come as a surprise. There is a small parking fee you have to pay when you enter the resort and you can park for the whole day.

There is nothing better then blue winter skies and fresh fallen snow. Add to that the wonderful sun and fresh air and your time in the mountains can't be better. We enjoyed our walk and I enjoyed taking these pictures, since at every corner there is something to see. From lonely cottages and isolated slopes to big sweeping landscapes and frozen forests.

Behind the next curve a truly wonderful sights of the valley and many many tourists would await us. More on that in the next and final part on Friday.

End of Part One

To be continued...

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Update on the Puppies

A few weeks ago I shared with you the story of these 6 puppies that were found abandoned in the outskirts of Mostar. After caring for them, we have found them a new home in the Netherlands, and then collected money for the cost of transportation, vaccination and other costs. First off, I want to thank everybody who donated and helped us. The money we collected was used for getting them shots, microchips, passports, and the rest is held for transportation costs.

The puppies are well and happy and are scheduled for transport this weekend. So it wont be too long before all of this hard work has payed off. We are in the last stretch of our donation website and every little amount will help them. I hope to bring you images from their new homes very soon and again, thank you from the bottom of our hearts for helping out!

If you have some time, means and a paypal account consider donating on their official YouCaring donation web site, by clicking here.

I wish you all a great week and come back tomorrow for the start of a new travel series!

Winter Wonderland [Through My Lens Nr. 130]

I am sorry for not posting since last weeks "Through My Lens" and for not visiting your blogs, but I had the flu and was pretty much  out of commission. I didn't have a chance to post my mountain Jahorina two-parter, and I hope to do that in this week. In this post I will show you some preview images from this winter wonderland. I feel much better now and I hope that the flu season has passed me now and I hope you are healthy and well. More from the mountains in the actual travel series, later this week.

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Relaxing with Beni [Through My Lens Nr. 129]

The weekend was filled with bad weather and not much to do. I was away from home and didn't get to make any trips (though a brand new travel series is starting this week). In the meantime let us relax with Beni, who in these cold days doesn't like to be outside too much. The warmth of the home is much more soothing. I hope everybody else is keeping warm in these cold winter months.

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Pine Woods on Mountain Velez

I have been keeping these images for a while now, waiting to post them, but the extensive Iceland Travel Series and Sweden Travel Series took up most of November and December last year, extending even into January this year. While I do have a new local travel series to Mountain Jahroina coming up next week, for this week I wanted to share these wonderfully sunny images from mountain Velez. There is a small pine forest located in the foothills of this mountain. While I like the inside of the forest, I also love the peaks through the woods into the valley and surrounding mountains. I hope you will enjoy these images as well.

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