Sarajevo dreaming ... part 2

Sarajevo shall be

Everything else shall pass.

Again, to understand the mindset of the people here, this is another quote seen at a local restaurant.  Notice the very obvious reflection on the 1990's.

Sarajevo dreaming....

And when I am out of Sarajevo,

I dream of Sarajevo

And when I am in Sarajevo,

I dream of Sarajevo.

To help understand Sarajevans love of the city and her culture, consider this sign seen at a local restaurant.

Complex government

This country of Bosnia is complex (ok, this is an understatement!).  We are doing our best to understand the intricacies and interrelationships, however there are many layers to piece together. 

For example, take the government of this beautiful country. We hear various terms, and did not understand how they all relate.  A friend pointed us to this video which gives a brief (< 3 min) overview, and goes a long way to describing the complexity. 

All of these levels, in a country of about 3.6 million people.  Amazing!


https://www.rferl.org/a/bosnia-s-bizarre-system-of-government/30223158.html

Learning

We are feeling more and more settled in our new, adopted hometown of Sarajevo.  After the first 3 weeks - a crazy time of adjusting, acclimating, intensive language study, learning to drive, learning where to buy food and homegoods and ... it took (and is taking!) great effort to just to figure out life.

The kids are in the full swing of school: making friends, learning expectations, and how different things are - both from being in a new culture, and from going to home school to institutional schools.

Tomorrow Simeon's school is doing a field trip / picnic day out, so to give them a slice of Americana, and let Simeon have fun introducing his friends to the great American past time, we found a pigskin (yes, this was the one and only ball) in a bigger sports store here.

Go Pack!

Arrived!

We have arrived, are setting-up our new home, and exploring this amazing city.  Thank you for your thoughts and prayers!  We are doing well.

To give you a "slice of life", I've posted a few images and videos on Instagram.

Also, we have published some videos on my Youtube channel.   Direct links are here:

• Introduction to the Strands
• Landing in Sarajevo - a brief birds-eye view of the land geography near the airport, with a fun little twist at the end
• Tour of the house - Lia gives a tour of our house

... and more will come!