Tuesday, April 01, 2008
This and That
Turns out the S.O. is still in the hospital, his relative did not return my call because he was out of town and could not reach me or be reached until he got back. Before I could say anything about how worried I had been he apologized profusely for not having called!
That was really good. The S.O. is going to be o.k. they are just being extra careful of him and who knows, he could come out better than he went in. I would be delighted if they figured out what the Hell has been making him so dizzy.
There is a company that fixes building facades across from the bus stop I usually use,(because I don't need to cross the road if I use it!) Anyway for the last three days there have been police vehicles there and I have no idea why! The police here are not a particularly heavy presence, so I really wonder what is going on with that!?
I cased one of the book stands to see what was available there, and noticed a book on the whole pyramid thing.
It is nice out today, but when I left it was fairly cold out.
More foreigners in Baščaršija lately.
Yesterday since I did not have to carry anything at all, I decided to go to the Sarajevska Museum, which is near where Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand was assasinated. The museum is pretty small, the entry fee is 2KM and they have items related to the assassination mostly, for example the murder weapon, and some teacups used by the unfortunate royal couple before they were assassinated. As well there are items related to the life here in those days and some back ground information on resistance to Austrian occupation of Bosnia and Hercegovina. The opposition was pretty serious and never gets covered in histor y books in other countries.
I found the signage to be a problem, but the museum's curator was extremely helpful. He doesn't speak English, but some signage is in English.
There is a short film about the assasination too. It has archival news reel footage and clips from a film made in the 1970s.
I followed that up with a walk to as far as Inat Kuća. I still felt a bit off so I did not eat there.
It looks like an attractive restaurant though and I will get around to eating there once!
That was really good. The S.O. is going to be o.k. they are just being extra careful of him and who knows, he could come out better than he went in. I would be delighted if they figured out what the Hell has been making him so dizzy.
There is a company that fixes building facades across from the bus stop I usually use,(because I don't need to cross the road if I use it!) Anyway for the last three days there have been police vehicles there and I have no idea why! The police here are not a particularly heavy presence, so I really wonder what is going on with that!?
I cased one of the book stands to see what was available there, and noticed a book on the whole pyramid thing.
It is nice out today, but when I left it was fairly cold out.
More foreigners in Baščaršija lately.
Yesterday since I did not have to carry anything at all, I decided to go to the Sarajevska Museum, which is near where Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand was assasinated. The museum is pretty small, the entry fee is 2KM and they have items related to the assassination mostly, for example the murder weapon, and some teacups used by the unfortunate royal couple before they were assassinated. As well there are items related to the life here in those days and some back ground information on resistance to Austrian occupation of Bosnia and Hercegovina. The opposition was pretty serious and never gets covered in histor y books in other countries.
I found the signage to be a problem, but the museum's curator was extremely helpful. He doesn't speak English, but some signage is in English.
There is a short film about the assasination too. It has archival news reel footage and clips from a film made in the 1970s.
I followed that up with a walk to as far as Inat Kuća. I still felt a bit off so I did not eat there.
It looks like an attractive restaurant though and I will get around to eating there once!
# posted by Katja R. @ 1:51 AM 
