Saturday, December 22, 2012

Went for a 10km hike along the mountains at the back of Nathalie's house.

Looked up the route on the inter web when we were done. There is a section on Croatian hikes titled "Red Tape". I thought this alluded to needing permits. It in fact tells you about the presence of mines.

"Red tape" said this trail was fine.
This is one case where hindsight may have involved losing a body part, and not gaining 20/20 vision.
Watched a Bosnian sit-com last night.
Something about a power-cut and some old Lady thinking thinking some man was her dog because it was dark. (I think)

I've been drinking holy water for the last couple of days.

Nathalie filled up a bottle in the church we visited last week: who knows why. Maybe because it was free.

The bottle looks the same as all the other water bottles and ended up in my bag.

I now walk without a limp and can see from my left eye. Just like before.

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

The most popular soap here is a turkish soap set in the 15th Century. I have watched three episodes in the original turkish with Croatian Subtitles.

The heart-throb character is Bali-Beg who has a big moustache. The fashion amoungst 12 tear old girls here is to wear a small golden necklace in the shape of a moustache to show their admiration.
This is a Croatian school sign. It makes other country's sign look weak and pitiful. 
Yea, there's a school here but we've made a bomb and blown a hole in this triangle and school is the last place we're going. We've even replaced one of our heads with a football covered in the Croatian flag (or a tea-towel: they look rather similar)




Went for a run today near a place called Omis. There were barely any explosions; none that I could n't out-run anyway:


And the view along the road I was running. The explosions discouraged cars and pedestrians alike. I had the road and the sunlit mountains to myself.