One of the gifts we brought was a copy of "The Little Prince" for Sule's daughter Neira. Here she is practicing her reading for her mother, me and her cousins, Senada's daughter's Esma and Azra. Neira is in 2nd grade, and has now had two years of English, so I asked her what she had learned and to say something in English. She said "crocodile"! Not "hello" or "my name is Neira", but "crocodile". Pretty cute!
We were also in Mostar for Senada's son Hamza's third birthday. We gave him the quilt Mommy made him for his birth. Three years late. The year he was born, I brought it to Bosnia, but left it in Sarajevo when I went to Mostar to visit. Then I took it home and forgot to bring it back to Bosnia at all the next year. Last summer I didn't come here at all. A few times I've come across it in the closet and thought about mailing it, but felt too foolish to send it too late. This time I finally managed to deliver it. Senada says they still use the one's Mommy made for Azra and Esma as beach and picnic blankets, so Hamza's isn't too late, even though he isn't a baby anymore!
One night while we were in Mostar we went to hear my friend Jesenko's band play in a bar, which was really an open garden. That night they were playing covers of old pop-rock songs from ex-yugoslavia in the 70s and 80s and so Miran, and even I, knew most of the songs. We had a really nice time. Here is a picture of Jesenko and I during a break in the playing, as well as a picture of Miran and I enjoying the music and the night out.
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