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SNIPER ALLEY, THEN AND NOW
... and returned. Sniper Alley was turned into a speed zone for some motorists.
Ran into the Aussie blokes sitting outside. I kidded John that Rachel wanted him. They were snickering at the Bozo Ben and Justine show. Gavin in particular was surprised at the daily effort re a diary/blog. We left them to their drinking devices.
Back around 2200 to check American football scores, finish the diary and upload it to the blog, bagging out after 2230.
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Istanbul of the West
... before us.
The second story is of an 6 year old boy named Donny. I had the pleasure of meeting Donny in 1996 while I was living in Israel for a year during a community service and leadership development volunteer fellowship. Among my "jobs" while in Israel, I was living/working at an immigrant absorption center. It was here I first met Donny. Donny was pure trouble. He was from a single parent home, was constantly getting in trouble, and ...
A raisin in the sun
... for dinner at Kibe (http://www.restaurantkibe.com/en/main. php) a white-tablecloth restaurant situated among suburban houses and commanding an expansive view of Sarajevo and the valley. There's a photo of Angelina Jolie near the door and I ask the waiter when she was here. 'Not here,' he says. 'She had reservation but did not come because one meter of snow was here.' She was greeted by protests when she made her film here last year. I read recently that ...
Sarajevo in the thick of it all
... Already dancing before the music began, she sloshed out shots for all involved and made flirtatious shapes in the direction of the Canadian-Pakistani. We all danced, awkwardly at first, before loosening a little as the potent alcohol began to warm our inners.
Stepping out into the narrow, cobbled streets of Baščaršija, the city was alive. Although systematically ignored and marginalised under Communist Party rule, traditional crafts had re-emerged ...
Birthdays in Sarajevo
... moving to see first hand where all the people from the was were burried and just how many people died. Wealso stopped at one of the cemetaries and were able to walked around for a bit. When we arrived in Sarajevo we were told that we were staying at a nice hotel that night, once we all arrived we were told that the hotel was overbooked and we were being bumped to a different hotel. Now I know from my hotel contracting experience that when you ...