Friday, November 2, 2007

Prekosutra

Geneva consisted of three whirlwind days of jetlag, watching BBC documentaries on the fall of Yugoslavia and the conflict in Kosovo, and finalizing travel details. We did manage to squeeze in cheese fondue and drinking coffee by the lake, however.

Since coming to Mostar, I have: set up a bank account, bought a cell phone, gotten documents for my visa, gone to the visa office, found out I don't have all the documents I need, gone to cultural events organized by Abrasevic (two concerts and a film) and consumed copious amounts of very delicious espresso.

There is a logic to life here. If it rains, we don't go to the visa office. If we don't have the necessary documents, we get coffee and then go out for lunch. In the words of Enniskillen's own Oscar Wilde-- I never put off till tomorrow what I can possibly put do the day after.

I have more to say about the town of Mostar and the characters I am meeting here... I'll write up those thoughts tomorrow. Or the day after.


*prekosutra is the Bosnian word for the day after tomorrow

2 comments:

Dana B said...

woohoo! welcome to the blogosphere, Katie. I'll definitely be a regular reader.

and, I'm quite jealous of your delicious espresso outings. the brethren office grainy coffee is certainly no match for the bosnian espresso.

Allison said...

1. oscar wilde is from enniskillen????
2. I am glad to have another person to stalk via blog and live vicariously through
3. mind if i put a link to it on mine? or is that sketchy to you...it's maybe a bit sketchy and that's ok
4. glad things are going well, and I'm am excited to hear about your crazy adventures!