Some days on any trip, especially research-oriented trips, mean no excursions, no crazy adventures, and a day in a cafe or meetings that you can’t necessarily share all the details of. This is fine – indeed, to spend a day as a local is to learn in some small measure what it is to be … Continue reading A Day in Sarajevo
Hello, friends! After a flight situation that had me missing my connection in Vienna to Sarajevo, I had to stay the night in Vienna before arriving to Sarajevo a day late. Everything was fine- Austrian Air put us in a great hotel, paid for our dinner and breakfast, and gave us an overnight bag that … Continue reading Graveyards
I’m back! I’ve gotten over being sick the first two weeks of being home, and used to a new schedule, and after multiple people telling me they looked forward to reading this blog, I’ve come back. I spent a solid five hours the other day downloading and editing all of the remaining photos I had, … Continue reading Back At It: The Tunnel of Hope
The week before I headed to Venice to see Justin, the Meeting Point cafe we always hang out at hosted the international WARM festival, a festival aimed at truth-telling. The had panel discussions, coffee hours, the showing of documentaries and independent films, among other activities. That week, we basically lived at Meeting Point. Some programs … Continue reading Week Before Venice: WARM Festival
Last Monday, Drea and I stumbled into this cafe beside our work and the EU. Though it looks expensive it actually was quite cheap and we finally found vegetables in this vegan pasta. I know last time I promised to show you a full post about my new favorite place, but since then I’ve misplaced … Continue reading Maggie Makes Carbonara
To pick up where I left off: Our hotel rooms aren’t provided with kitchens, meaning that we can’t cook the vegetables they sell here in the market. I’ve been substituting that with a ton of bananas and peaches, which are cheap and delicious, but our usual fare is any one of the millions of different … Continue reading Meeting Point
Tuesday we had a briefing with the World Bank. Their offices are located high above our university offices in a tall glass structure a stone’s throw from the sunny Holiday Inn. The view was beautiful and the meeting began on the foundation of irony- we all knew how much that space cost to rent, and … Continue reading 72 Languages and Counting
The beautiful thing about meeting friends abroad is that they inevitably have more friends for you to meet, and you begin to network in the most incredible ways. Ginny, the friend I met last week from Canada (I originally met her at a WorldMUN conference hosted by Harvard in Vancouver), had encountered a friend named … Continue reading New Friends and Sarajevksa Pivara
This is the last Skakavac Falls post! We left and had to hike back up. We knew when hiking down that the hike back would not be easy, but actually completing it was worse, and- just so everyone knows- my thighs and derriere did not stop hurting until Wednesday. And so we headed up. In … Continue reading Skakavac Falls Part 3
When we reached the waterfalls, the hike was more than worth it (in the hike’s defense, the way down wasn’t bad- the way up, as you’ll see, wasn’t such a piece of cake). (I played with editing for these). To our backs, there was the waterfall, and to our fronts, there was this stunning view: … Continue reading Skakavac Falls, Part Two
Traveler at the Edge 