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View of the city from Banj brdo (hill)
No neon-lit foyer entrance for Restoran Kazamat.
British Army Landrovers in action (501 det)
Valleys and housesNo picture available
Banja Luka is in the Republic of Serbska within Bosnia and Herzegovina. There is no visible border - but the road signs suddenly become cyrillic. And the graffiti.
From what I saw of it it seems prosperous and undamaged.
For instance, I saw a United Colours of Bennetton shop in a charming winding street of shops - and that franchise doesn't open shops where they don't confidently expect sales.
The sunshine was warm, the air, like everywhere in B & H, was crisp and clean.
The meal I had in a wonderful restaurant under the walls of the old castle? fort? - was truly excellent. And the wine. I'm not sure if it was expensive - I was being paid for - but it was really tasty. And the wait staff were most pleasant.
We left at midnight and the city streets were relatively quiet - but it seemed very safe. Just enough traffic around so you didn't get the wind up - but no drunken gangs of youths, or seedy looking characters lurking about.
The whole town was very very clean and spruce.
