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Time for a reality check...
How many times have you asked yourself, how different would life be if you grew up in a different country? Well I've asked myself that a few times before, and within my lifetime there is only 1 place that springs to mind that would be the worst possible place... Sarajevo in Bosnia.
The Bosnian War was all I remember hearing about on TV when I was a child, and no I didn't really understand ...
History in Sarajevo
... I showed the others around town. By this time it was pretty late so we went to a local restaurant for dinner (I had some sort of local dish with meat which was tasty) and sat having some rakija (the local drink). We then went back to the hostel to chill out and have a rest and then later in the evening went out to meet up with Clara, a Czech girl living in mostar (another local met off couchsurfing) who took us ...
A Day in Sarajevo Bosnia
... signs of negative feelings. I hope it all goes well.
So I went out to meet everyone, Marilynn came from her luxe hotel, but others didn't come for awhile. When we had a gathering, we set off for the han restaurant. After we were seated, we saw Vicki and Michael and moved to another table to accommodate them. It was a very nice dinner. I had the mixed stuffed vegetables this time - kind of a repeat of lunch but still good. After dinner, I ...
The rain, the park and other things
... excerpts from a teenager's diary, the personal effects of the dead, newspapers and posters from the period and more than I can take in without starting to feel ashamed for just witnessing the evidence other people's pain. There isn't even a real ceiling, missing tiles and open to the rafters. Plastic trays sit on the marble floor to catch the drops of rain leaking in. I have never seen history captured in such an immediate and raw way. It is too ...
A Waste of Scenery
... One large room was dedicated to birds. Once the initial shock wore off after stepping into this room with a bunch of dead birds in it (because birds are scary) it was actually sort of neat. Each disply case contained a number of different birds with a list of their names (Bosnian, Latin, and English). As interesting as this room was, I couldn't help but think that someone who likes bird might have liked it more. It reminded me ...