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Me at the Sarajevo Holiday Inn
Day 87 began at 9:00 after a long sleep; my BG was an unfortunate 242. Masayo and I had some bread and nutella spread and instant coffee for breakfast in the room. Then we went out to see more of Sarajevo.
#bgnow 242 in the morning in Sarajevo. I look displeased don’t I?
The snow from a couple days ago was melting today, and the streets ran with water, though large patches of snow were still around. We went back to the same Turkish place as yesterday for lunch around noon, Turkish omelette (menemen) and Turkish coffee. My BG here was 172.
#bgnow 172 after breakfast in Sarajevo
The coffee was indistinguishable from Bosnian-style coffee to us, but it was good, and the omelette was good too. It came with bread, so it was again guess-the-shot time. I think bread is thicker than I’m used to here, but I’m never sure and I’m afraid to overdo it.
Humalog shot for Turkish omelette
Colorful buildings and a bridge over the river in Sarejevo
With book-reading statues somewhere in Sarejevo
Surgery… she’s late for surgery…
We walked a few kilometers out to the train station area and the History Museum. It was a smallish space in a large building, and it was not heated. Much colder in the museum than outside.
Gloves and mittens on the outside wall of the history museum of Sarajevo. There was no explanation, but just under them (just out of frame) was a Nazi airplane with no wings.
Display inside the National Museum of Sarajevo
But it was interesting, and was all about the situation in Sarajevo during the Bosnian war of 1992-5, as well as the political aftermath to the present day. The displays were interesting and informative, and the real artifacts were good to see (homemade guns, propaganda posters, homemade soap, etc). A really interesting part was a collection of pairs of photos, showing buildings around town during the war and now.
Statistics display, showing where the indicted people from the war are being imprisoned.
Old and new photos of Sarajevo Holiday Inn, where journalists stayed during the war.
We walked a different route back to Old Town (not easy, in a thin city like Sarajevo) and walked by Ali Pasha’s Mosque and the Presidential Palace. At a mosque in Old Town, I checked my BG and was 194. Stupid bread. Back in the room I had a snack and took a shot.
#bgnow 194 after walking around Sarajevo, in front of a hand-washing station at a mosque in Old Town.
Masayo at the Bosnian presidential palace
Sarajevo’s Baščaršija area near sunset
Well the walking I had done caught up to me: at 6 pm my BG was 38 — a new lowest-of-the-trip. I had some juice and a cookie, and then we walked down the hill (we were getting good at walking on the steep ice and not falling) for dinner.
#bgnow 38 before dinner — a new low for this trip.
We found a simple place with simple food, and each got the same thing: a combination plate. What they brought us was different than the photo in the window, but was still good. Lots of different kinds of meat, plus some rice. They gave us a basket of bread too, and we each got carbonated water (they didn’t serve beer).
Humalog shot for dinner in Sarajevo, a meat plate without a huge number of carbs. Should be ok.
Mosque minaret and clock tower at night.
Somehow, the bouncing back from the 38 was severe: 337 at 10 pm. SIGH AGAIN. I took some Humalog. This late-evening high trend has been going on for about two months. How unhealthy.
#bgnow 337 after dinner in Sarajevo. I give up.
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