May 4 2005 page 25 |
2005 BALKANS TOURBen Oostdam |
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It was dead quiet early this morning, in contrast to last evening when the waves broke onto the terrace and "forced" some new friends to join our "Koran"-dinner:
a pretty Serbian girl Jelena Djukic and her fiance Steven Pechitch from Paris, who spoke fluent English and Serbian: they plan to get married in the small cathedral on May 7, so another toast! Nada served me coffee and a piece of bread, throwing in a free home-made schnapps which constituted her breakfast together with a dozen cigarettes. She then offered to help me find the address where I had to deliver Irene's parcel. So we climbed the stairs and took a taxi to the school where her sister worked - the mother of a cute 9 year old girl who had entertained us last night showing her English textbook. We piled into a Yougo and drove off to a square along the shore where Helene's friends had converted their house to a hotel. The "old lady", Vera, had died last year, and the old tree which Irene had mentioned, had been cut down, but the new daughter in law promised to ask the family to write to Irene (which they did) |
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| Next, I walked through the old town, visited a marvelous photo-exposition and complimented the Master, then went on to town for a cup of coffee and a visit to an ATM (the first ne raboti, the second ok). I then took a water-taxi back to the chapel near Stephan's place, did my laundry, took a rest and went for another walk at 17:30. |
