Day 1 Sarajevo The original plan was to start in Dubrovnik, but I started reading about the region. The novel "People of the Book" really made me curious about Sarajevo. I did not get to see the Sarajevo Haggadah, which is stored at the national museum and only shown to public twice/week. Nonetheless I was so glad I got to see this city. I changed around flight to land in Sarajevo. Used transportation from Booking-com site, since I heard public transport from airport not great and people with mixed results from taxis. Well the booking transportation worked well, but there were delays because they had two of us in van (which wasn't apparent on booking). Hotel wise I stayed in Hotel Old Town, which was recommended by the esteemed Mr. E and also had good ratings on Booking. I was happy with stay there. One sad thing, there was a little grassy park outside hotel. When I came back in evening there was a dog lying down, who didn't look great. I tried to feed him my burek but he didn't have interest. I was told by hotel front desk worker that Sarajevo doesn't have municipal services for animals. I posted dog on Facebook (and may have tried to take part of the continental breakfast to him), but he was gone in the morning. Guide-wise I emailed the person recommended in Rick Steves book. That person wasn't available, but recommended me someone else (who translated at The Hague I think). That person was going to give tour but something came up, so I ended up with selection from Get Your Guide. Tour was called "Sarajevo Old Town: Bosnian Ethnic Food & Coffee Walking Tour." The guide was excellent, company was OceanAir Travels. I went to the National Museum and the Jewish Museum on my own, and back to the central mosque in Old Town. I really enjoyed the mosque and all the excellent free water there. Also the bus/tram drivers (in my small sample, 2 out of 2) were the nicest of anywhere I've been.
Day 2 Sarajevo--> Mostar-->Dubrovnik I used daytrip for transfer. This was the most expensive part of my trip. I would have taken train/bus, but time was very limited. To the day trip driver's credit, he found me right away (the hotel is on pedestrian only street) sitting in front of an empty juice joint. It was beautiful to see the scenery go by. Mostar was beautiful but Old Bridge area crowded. It was a little disappointing next to Sarajevo. After only 1.5 hours in Mostar (probably I missed all the cool off the beaten path things) on to Dubrovnik. More beautiful countryside and then the coast.