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Posts about our trip to Serbia in September 2006.
Wow! Today, I realized that I’d done a horrible job uploading pictures and keeping the blog up to date. So, I had a marathon and wrote some articles and arranged some pictures. Here are some links:
I went to Guca 2009
I was able to see the Skull Tower in Nis
Serbia has Skyline Chili
I saw a daggonne expensive stroller
Image from dbreg2007 via flickr
This is for my friend Kevin….I just wanted to let him know that Skyline Chilli doesn’t have anything on Serbia. We’ve got the stuff instant here 😉 (Actually, I haven’t eaten it yet so I don’t know what it tastes like…but, if we ever got real honest to goodness cheddar cheese, I’d give it a try).
Of course I happen to think so (just like Serbs thing that Serbian is easy, arabs think Arabic is easy, and Chineese think Chineese is easy). But, I got this in the e-mail today and thought I would post it. What do you think no??
Can you read these right the first time?
1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present .
8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row .
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests..
20) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
21) The archer shot an arrow from his bow to the bow of the ship.
I was looking on YouTube today when I came across this video about Cacak. Some of the places I haven’t seen yet (I’ve never even heard anyone talk about the Spomen Dom). It gives you a good look around different parts of Cacak.
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About a month ago we had a 10 inch (about) snowfall in Cacak. Here are a few pictures of the snow in Cacak:
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We had to leave town (that’s why it snowed you know…the curse of Matt keeps the snow away while I’m around). Here are a few pictures I took while we were driving over the largest hill/mountain between Cacak and Belgrade. On top of the hill, there was about 3 feet of snow with more coming down. The trucks were having a hard time getting up the hill even though the snow plows were plowing and putting down salt/sand. They were even putting it down extra heavy by having guys in the back of the truck shovelling the stuff out.
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Dates. Sometimes they mean something and sometimes they don’t. Sometimes dates just need some context to make sense. Below is a list of dates…what do you remember about each of them?
November 22, 1963
April 4, 1968
December 7, 1941
June 5, 1968
May 7, 1945
August 15, 1945
November 11, 1918
September 11, 2001
August 2, 1990
February 26, 1993
January 28, 1986
March 24, 1999
Ok. Let’s see how you do. Here are the answers:
November 22, 1963 – Pres. Kennedy is shot and killed in Dallas
April 4, 1968 – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed in Memphis
December 7, 1941 – Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese in WW2
June 5, 1968 – Bobby Kennedy was shot and killed
May 7, 1945 – VE Day – WW2 ends in Europe
August 15, 1945 – VJ Day – WW2 ends in the Pacific
November 11, 1918 – WW1 ends
September 11, 2001 – The World Trade Center in New York is destroyed in a terrorist attack
August 2, 1990 – Iraq invades Kuwait
February 26, 1993 – The World Trade Center in New York was attacked by terrorists
January 28, 1986 – The Space Shuttle Challenger blows up on launch
March 24, 1999 – Operation Allied Force begins.
That list should help prove my point. For some of these, I remember where I was and what I was doing (Sept. 11, 2001 for example). Others, I remember only because because they were important in history (the ends of WW1 and WW2 for example). However, the ones that I remember the most were the ones that impacted me personally.
So what’s my point? Well, I really was looking for a way to write about the last one–Operation Allied Force–and thought I could tie it in by just talking about dates in general. Why did I want to blog about Operation Allied Force? Well, because once a week or so, we are reminded by people here that they remember the bombings. Sometimes the person talks about how they had to move. Other times, the person talks about it in general. Sometimes the people can talk about knowing some people who died.
March 24th is the 10th anniversary of the NATO attacks on Serbia. If you want to learn more, follow the link above to the Wikipedia article. The “main takeaway” is to remember the people of Serbia on 24 March. Many were impacted and the day means something to many people.
By the way, the picture is of the state TV station building in Belgrade. I found it in the Wikipedia article on Operation Allied Force. I thought I had some pictures of the building today–it still exists–but I can’t find them. If I ever do find one, I’ll post it here.
Before Christmas, Cyndi and I had some friends invite us to their place for dinner (;unch actually…but it was at 5pm!). We had Sarma. It is rice, meat, etc… rolled up in cabbage leaves and cooked. Lydia had some and really loved it. Here is a picture of her.
P.S. Randy, I’ll never forget what you said about stuff wrapped up in green leaves…but this was really good.
