Archive for July 18th, 2008
Back in the USSR (Day 21)
Wednesday, July 16, 2008.
I woke up at 9:00, feeling a tiny bit hungover, but thankfully, not ill. The plague spread a little during the night and the vast majority of us were sick as dogs. Miki canceled our group activities and said he’d work on finding medicine from his cousin’s clinic. When he came back, [...]
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Tags: Bosnia, Europe, goodbyes, Sarajevo, teh plague, travel
Back in the USSR (Day 20)
Tuesday, July 15, 2008.
We begin this morning at the High Court of Bosnia and Hercegovina. When the ICTY expires at the end of 2009, the High Court will be entirely responsible for prosecuting war criminals. We got to watch a clip from an ongoing trial against 10 of the Srebrenica perpetrators. This is the first [...]
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Back in the USSR (Day 19)
Monday, July 14, 2008.
We left Sarajevo around 9:00 this morning and drove two hours south to Mostar. About an hour into the drive, we left Kanton Sarajevo and officially entered Hercegovina.
Immediately, the scenery changed. The mountains because bald, rocky, severe things, instead of the round and coniferous hills of Bosnia. There was a different color [...]
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Back in the USSR (Day 18)
Sunday, July 13, 2008.
Our only free day in Sarajevo and naturally, I sleep in. Ajla and I and a few other people decide we want a non-Bosnian breakfast, so we find a creperie on Marshal Tito Boulevard. Ajla’s chocolate crepe is delicious, but our cheese ones are a little dodgy. The Bosnian affinity for sour [...]
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Back in the USSR (Day 17)
Saturday, July 12, 2008.
After an enormous breakfast and profuse thanking of our Srebrenica hostess, the trip back to Sarajevo begins. Just outside of Potacari, we stop in Srebrenica proper to pick up someone vaguely referred to as our “guide”.
We were told that before returning to Sarajevo, we’d be stopping to meet with a few refugees [...]
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Back in the USSR (Day 16)
Friday, July 11, 2008.
Fifty-thousand people walking in one direction creates quite a scene. Women are dressed in traditional dresses with simple hijabs and men wear trousers and shirts. Despite the fact that this is one of the most important and religious ceremonies many of these people will ever attend, this is also Bosnia, and the [...]
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Back in the USSR (Day 15)
Thursday, July 10, 2008.
I’m convinced I have the plague.
We say goodbye to Vahidin as we board the bus for Srebrenica. Almost immediately, my head begins to hurt. Soon I’m sleeping fitfully and coughing fits rack my chest. I wake up shivering, even though it’s about 90 degrees out.
When we arrive in Srebrenica, I feel like [...]
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Back in the USSR (Day 14)
Wednesday, July 9, 2008.
I woke up with a touch of the Bubonic Plague that’s been going around. We’re all dragging, and repeatedly getting lost on the walk to our first morning meeting isn’t helping.
We meet with a Franciscan priest who is the head of the International Multicultural Interreligious Commission. They work to promote and preserve [...]
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