First of all, thank you for being patient! I started classes at Georgetown on Wednesday and arrived back in the US on Tuesday night, so it’s been a very quick adjustment with only a little time to edit photos and write these posts (I LOVE my classes, though!) Today, I’m going to take you on … Continue reading National Museum
Hello! Welcome back! Now that we’ve gotten thoroughly soaked in the waterfalls together, please follow me! We’re going into a fort from the 1300s, perfect to play Dragons and Castles and Princesses with! After I finished my hot chocolate, had a long conversation with Hemingway profusely apologizing for my negligence in his care, and wrung … Continue reading Jajce Fort and History
So I left you on a hilltop pretending to fly over a ravine that is allegedly home to a dragon. The only thing I was lacking was the LOTR soundtrack, but if you know me you know that’s really not an issue, since I can hum the whole thing to myself as I please. Which … Continue reading Lukomir Pt. 2
Hi all! I’m going to break this excursion into two, mostly because I have so many photos that I want to share, and I don’t want it to be overwhelming in one go. Last Thursday I took a bus ride to Lukomir, an “ethno-village” in the mountains about two hours from Sarajevo. I met the … Continue reading Lukomir Pt. 1
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
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
Wednesday we had class with one of my favorite professors here, Hasan Nuhanovic. I’ve already mentioned that he survived Srebrenica, but he is one of the few to continue activism afterwards. He sued the Dutch for reparations after the UN negligency there, and was somewhat successful in that endeavor; he’s also the author of a … Continue reading Politicians are Politically Obligated to Appear Moral
Most of you (mainly the family, but most of you) know that I love Mary Poppins. Everything about Mary Poppins is practically perfect in every way, from chalk masterpieces to dancing penguins. One of my favorite scenes from the movie is the old woman feeding the birds, and one of my favorite songs from the … Continue reading Mary Poppins’ Pigeons
Traveler at the Edge 