I'm here, I'm here, I'm here!!! :-) Arrived Saturday night (or rather Sunday morning...00:30!) in the beautiful city of Mostar. Met Caroline (who I'll be staying with) and her two cute cats. Was quite tired after all the travelling (2 flights and a car ride of 2h30min).Had an interesting first day as the lock from the front door of our house broke (with me and Caroline inside!). All the windows got burglar proofing on them & there´s no back door! So we were under ˝house arrest˝ for a while until someone came to help us at about 11am. They popped the door from the outside. They also replaced the locks so hopefully we won´t have the same problem again! ;-)
Yesterday afternoon I went for a walk in the Old Town with its beautiful Stari Most (Old Bridge) which you can see in the picture. It was a warm day and there were many tourists. The evening I was invited for supper at the Leese´s. It takes about 25min to walk to their house from where I stay. We had a great time..and even learned a few Bosnian words! It helps not being the only new face on the block!
This week is time to settle in and get familiar with the new surroundings. I'll also find out about language lessons and hopefully start that soon. Wherever I go I take my small pocket dictionary with me and that helps allot! Tonight we had home group here at our place and it was great just listening to the girls speak and trying to figure out what they say! Made new friends...which is really awesome!
Tomorrow I'll meet some of the other team members at team meeting. Looking forward to that! Will also be visiting Mirjana...she use to cook food for the teams that came as summer volunteers. She stays near the Neretva river (not far from the Stari Most). I really enjoy visiting her and she helps me allot with the language because she doesn't really speak English and is very patient with me as I learn to speak and practice the words I know.
Well, that's about it for now. Take care...
All my love,
L xx
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