After our cafe experience the other day, we traipsed across the city to the football stadium for the Sarajevo Beer Festival. I’m not a super fan of beer (or alcohol, in general), but I will partake for cultural reasons, and Maggie is somewhat of a beer connoisseur, so it was obligatory that we attend. Though … Continue reading “Americans Do Have TVs, Right?”
The day after the football game started out with our designated Bosnian Second Breakfast of gelato. This kind, which I don’t know the name of, was hazelnut or vanilla laced with a thick, creamy, chocolate hazelnut sauce that was to-die-for. We also were approached by women handing out white strips of fabric to tie around … Continue reading Once Upon a Library
Today Maggie and I had a few things to do: find the public library (for reasons I’ll share with you when we actually do find the correct one), get her cell phone fixed, buy tickets for a beer festival tomorrow, eat lunch, and see a futbol game (not particularly in that order). Knowing Russian and Cyrillic (Maggie’s … Continue reading Of Rapunzels and Riot Police
Yesterday we also went walking around the city, with the goal of getting a track phone for me with a Bosnian number, a task which was promptly accomplished, after which we just lost ourselves in the city. Though the day before had been cold and few people out (it was less than fifty degrees), yesterday … Continue reading Sauntering Through Sarajevo: Day Two
Yesterday was my first full day here and, though I’ve never had problems with jet lag going forward in time before, I seem to have something of the sort here. I went to bed at 11:00 pm and woke up at 3:00 am, unable to sleep, so I downloaded The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson … Continue reading Sauntering Through Sarajevo: Day One
I left Charlotte on Tuesday afternoon after eating crepes at Matthew’s Royal Creperie (incidentally enough, a family restaurant owned by former Soviets, but I couldn’t quite discern which area they were from and I was too shy to ask). When you aren’t flying American and you don’t turn right out of security at Charlotte, it’s … Continue reading Peace Comes With a Red Piano
This Memorial Day weekend was the last at home before I leave for Bosnia, and it was filled with fun, family, the lake, Speed Street, and a whirlwind of packing preparations. Also our dog, Bonnie, the subject of play with my new camera. Friday night, Kay, Danielle, Griffin, and I went to Speed Street. Speed … Continue reading Squad Drye Opts for Sushi
Hello, everyone! Or should I say: zdravo (здраво!) Privet (привет!) Hola! Salve! مرحبا! Hello in all of the languages I know that word in! (*FULL DISCLOSURE*: “hello” in Arabic is basically the only word I know in Arabic, but it counted because I do know it). Welcome to the blog. As most of you know, I kept it up everyday … Continue reading Return of the Blog: Summer 2015
Traveler at the Edge 