Your hosts
Meet Virginia and Senad.
We host The Water Road, introducing you to the people and places along the route, with private time built into each day.
Hosted by the owners
The journey is hosted by its owners — Virginia and Senad. They open each door and step back when the moment is better without them; some tables are hosted, some are yours alone.
Virginia Kalesić
Virginia is the founder of Living Algorithm, a practice built on Haitian plant knowledge — the teas, baths, and oils of her family's tradition, and the discipline of writing them down properly. She came to Bosnia the way she comes to plants: slowly, by name. On the journey she keeps the rituals — the gathering, the steeping, the table — and holds the thread between what grows here and the way of attending she carries with her. The rest of the year she is an electrical engineer, bringing intelligent automation and artificial intelligence to manufacturing, where it's needed. She hosts in English and French, and carries Haitian Kreyòl — the language of the place the plant knowledge comes from.
Senad Kalesić
Senad grew up between Croatia and Bosnia — both sides of the border are home: the roads, the weather, the people who keep their households working. He is the one who knows which pass is clear in April, which family is making cheese this week, and when to simply stop the car. By profession he is a UX architect — he designs the way people move through an experience, and he built this journey with the same care. On the journey he drives the lead vehicle, translates wherever the table needs him, and carries the relationships the itinerary is built on. He hosts in Bosnian and English.
Between them, the journey runs in English, French, and Bosnian — Virginia hosts in English and French, Senad in English and Bosnian — and every day is hosted by the two people whose names are on the door.
Virginia and Senad host the journey; they don't chaperone it. They open each door — the cellar, the farm, the guide who knows the mountain — and step back when the moment is better without them. Some tables are hosted; others are yours alone. Where a place calls for a licensed expert, that person leads the visit with the hosts alongside.
When you write to us
One of us reads it and writes back.
- 1
Tell us about your group and preferred timing
Who is travelling, how many of you, and when you would like to come.
- 2
We discuss fit and confirm a proposal
With the dates, the accommodation, what is included, and the total price for your group.
- 3
Booking follows your acceptance
You book once you accept the proposal and its stated payment terms. Nothing is reserved or charged before then.
The first conversation
Tell us the season and the pace.
Write with what you have in mind, and one of us will answer.