aftermath

So, I'm currently in Bosnia, sunny safe secure Sarajevo to be exact. It's quite amazing... I keep thinking back to Martin's Civics class and our discussions about the situation in Bosnia/Herzegovinia - I would never have imagined myself sitting in the hotel bar at the Holiday Inn which housed reporters on the incidents -- drinking a passable Old Fashioned and writing a blog.

Early today I saw bullet lines around the corner of a building... the product of a soldier kneeling on the ground firing around the corner... it was next to the tourist information center. I wonder if he made it... what his memories of those few moments in his life are - how is he affected? I also look around me and see people functioning, rebuilding, working - it brings me back to New Orleans - and the idea of aftermath. Humanity thrives - this city had it so much worse - and here they are - making it work. Maybe we can all take a clue from them - forge forward - never forget the past but move on with the lessons we have learned.

In other news - top America quotes of travel

"America? I love America! The music is shit, apart from The Doors."

In reference to German lawyers in Bulgaria working on a first name basis, "I guess we can still learn SOMEthing from the Americans."

and finally - in response to finding out I was American, "But, your not fat?"