Trip to Cavtat

Dubrovnik - our first appt

Dubrovnik - stari grad

Evidence of war

A day in the mountains above Sarajevo with Mladen & Goran

From Bosnia through Herzegovina to Dalmatia

The road to Sarajevo

Long long drive from Zagreb to Sarajevo, made longer by speeding ticket and punctured tyre. Staying in Srdja and Nevena's rooftop apartment with spectacular views. Sarajevo interesting blend of faded Austro-Hungarian grandeur, brutalist Socialist housing and Turkish aesthetic. Many mosques. Poor, high unemployment. I thought people sat around a lot in cafes in Zagreb, but here they are everywhere. Everyone smokes. Evidence of war on buildings bullet and shell holes here and there. Talk of the Serbian snipers who hid in the forested mountain behind city. Everytime Dushko explains it, I get more confused. All so unnecessary, inexplicable and sad. We are being called to prayer as i write.

Zagreb

Warm and sunny. People spend all day sitting in cafes drinking coffee and smoking. Why don't they get a job? Traffic insane. We went to the museum for broken relationships which was moving and funny and hopefully not portentous. Stayed with Dushko's mother's uncle Stanko Selak, who was a famous classical and jazz trumpeter. Hes's 85.

Salzburg

Home of mozart, spectacular landscape, architecture and shop windows.