On the Road Again!

Ok, here we are back in Sarajevo! We arrived yesterday afternoon after 5 long hours on a hot bus with no ac :) There were lots of mixed emotions as we left Livno - happiness to be continuing our journey, some people happy to be getting out of Livno, and lots of sadness for the friends we made that we had to leave behind.

We will go backwards just a bit to talk about our last day in Livno. I spent most of the morning at the school helping the other service team finish up their painting project. I know I havent talked much about that, but they were repainting the entryway overhang to the school. Then it was time to go to Koraci. We knew the moms were going to have some light food there for us, but of course they had prepared a buffet that could rival Golden Corral in amount of food :) There were only six of us so we quickly ran to get some back up eaters from our group. We had a great last day, reviewing everything we learned, eating a lot...too much probably!, and, of course, dancing a lot! When it was time to leave, things got emotional. The kids were crying and some of our group was crying (ok, we all know I was one of the cryers)and it was really hard. They all crowded at the door and waved and cried as we walked away :(

The whole day, and probably all of our time spent in Livno, was very emotionally and mentally draining and I was so exhausted when I got home it was all I could do to fall on my bed :) But I couldnt stay there long because we had to go to the going away party that was being thrown by the service organization that was hosting us. It was fun but we were pretty boring because everyone was exhausted....I wish you could have seen us all in our zombie-esque states :)

The next morning we hopped up, ran over to the school to say our goodbyes there and see the finished painting project one last time, and got on a bus for Sarajevo at 9 am.

We will be here in Sarajevo until Sunday, when we leave on an 8am flight for Istanbul. Today we have two meetings relating to our studies of war and peace in Eastern Europe. This morning we will go to the Center for Research and Documentation which has taken on the huge task of documenting the war. They have papers, audio recordings of interviews, everything. I am really excited about this meeting. Then this afternoon we have a panel discussion. Tomorrow is free day in Sarajevo and we will all speak our last Bosnian before starting all over with a new language.

So, now you are caught up and thats all I have for now! Love and miss you all so much! dovi đenja! Allison