Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Day 9 (June 19, 2012) - Service Day at the School for the Blind


Today was an awesome day! We went to the school for the blind where we did a service day. It was ridiculously sweltering but we all braved it and spent the day weeding their beautiful back yard, which is spacious and so well kept. Davis, the only man in our group, was given a beer by the lands keeper (who was also a man). He apparently thought that Davis was the leader of our group. It was hilarious and we gave him shit for it the rest of the day.

The school itself is amazing and they have a machine there that will make books in Braille. It’s a beautiful place but definitely needs some volunteer help to clean it up, so it was great to be able to provide that for them. They provided us with lunch, which was delicious and completely unexpected. Everyone is so generous here. It keeps on amazing me!

So all dirty and sweaty we finished up at the school and made our way to the Twist Tower, which has almost a 360 degree view of Sarajevo. We all had a beer or two and then took a cab back where we showered and I took some time to catch up on emails and blogging. Later, Julie came back after having a type of dumpling called klepe. She was ranting and raving about it so I had to have some. She walked with me and we sat and talked while I wolfed down on of the most amazing things I’ve ever had. It was like a beer dumpling in a chicken and garlic broth with sour cream on the top of it. Upon walking back to Hotel Kovaci, I was greeted by some of the other group members where we spent some time laughing and drinking and just hanging out.

It’s such a great group of people that I’m here with and watching how each of us has experienced this trip differently has been so much fun!






Ayaz Twist Tower


View from the top



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