Made it to Višegrad. Nice little town. The surroundings are absolutely stunning. Once I get my drone fixed up, I'll definitely come back to film here. The famous bridge is still standing. I really loved the legend about its construction as told by Ivo Andrić.

The bridge was built on the orders of a Turkish vizier who, by the way, was originally from the local Christian population but converted to Islam. But things weren't going well. A river mermaid would break everything down at night that the builders managed to construct during the day. After some time, the builder Rade heard a voice from the water saying he needed to find twin children—a brother and sister named Stoya and Ostoya—and wall them up in the middle columns of the bridge. Then the destruction would stop.

They began searching through every corner of the country, even announcing a reward. They found such infants fairly quickly in a remote village. In the name of the vizier, they took the children from their mother. And they walled them up in the middle columns. Rade took pity and left holes in the columns so the mother could feed the infants. After that, there were no more problems.

To this day, a white residue forms on the bridge. It's believed to be mother's milk.

Most likely, they weren't too keen on submitting to the Turks, but over nearly 500 years, the events turned into a legend.

PS. The owner of the guesthouse turned out to be exceptionally hospitable. He lit the fireplace, was really worried the house wasn't warm enough (it was fine). Then he said something like "there's excellent homemade rakija in the fridge, help yourself. and honestly, whatever you find—it's all yours".