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Putovanje po Srbije

We have some family visiting us.  Yesterday, we went for a drive through the country.  Here’s a few pictures of what we saw:

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Wooden Statue of Jovan Micic in Mokra Gora
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Lydia played in a spring
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We saw this huge woodpile (also in Mokra Gora)
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We had coffee in a kafana
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We saw this really cool wooden house being built
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We saw a really neat train station at Jatre for the Sargan Eight
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Cyndi took our Picture
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we went to drvengrad (it means wooden town/city)
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We ate lunch at this real pretty restaraunt in Perucac. And had MEAT!
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Lydia looked at the fish
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We saw a neat lake on the border of Serbia and Bosnia.
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Here’s a view of the river below the dam. On the right is Serbia and on the left is Bosnia
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We drove by this funny monument so we stopped. Turns out it is a monument at Kadinjac Workers Movement

If you want to see where we drove, have a look at these KML files (you can view them in google earth):

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They want Peace

I read thisnews story in the examiner today talking about the numbers of students in the balkans desiring peace.

From the article:

In Serbia 90% of students polled stated that “war shall never be the choice of the Serbian people with its neighbors and war should only be used as a last resource.” 95% support Serbia to become a part of EU and they strongly believe that if all Balkan nations became part of the EU problems of ethnic division would disappear.  They also believe that the economy would flourish in the Balkans.
 
In Albania 97% of students support a peaceful solution in the matters of Kosovo, Montenegro and Macedonia. 100% support Albania joining the EU.
 
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, 85% support a peaceful solution with Serbians in any dispute over land and other problems.  93% support their country to become a member of the EU.
 
In Kosovo, 95% of students are against the war with Serbia and prefer peace instead.  99% support Kosovo to become an EU member. 100% support Kosovo independence.
 
In Macedonia, the poll showed 100% support peace among ethnic groups and 100% support their country to become a member of the EU.

Image from Nieve44/LaLuz via flickr

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Serbia/France 2009 Football/Soccer

Well, one would think that in 90+ minutes I could have posted more.  But, I was eating wings and learning about soccer/football from a friend.

There were a ton of yellow cards handed out and 2 red cards (one in the first 3 minutes of the game to the French Goalie).

The final score was Serbia 1 and France 1.

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Serbia/France 2009 Football/Soccer

3 minutes in.  score 0 0.  Sorry I’m late…I was cooking wings.

 One thing of note…when the French Anthem was sung, they got booed.  When the Serbian Anthem was sung, everyone sang (the game is in Belgrade).

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War on Wasps/Yellowjackets

Over the summer, we’ve had the occasional wasp in our apartment.  Last week, I made a homemade trap to try and trap them.  Today, while making wing sauce, I walked in and discovered at leat a dozen!  I proceded to kill them all.

War on Yellowjackets/wasps!  Anyone have any ideas for a repellent/trap that we can make with homemade “stuff?”

Image from quinet via flickr.  Found using everystockphoto.

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How much do you weigh? Are you sure?

Turns out you may want to reconsider.  It turns out that the “official” kilogram is either gaining or loosing weight (they aren’t sure).  Makes you wish the good ‘ole pound wasn’t redefined , doesn’t it??  The solutions?  redefine it–the kilogram–as a certain number of atoms of some material?  Wow….

I knew there was a reason I didn’t like the metric system….. If you need/want an easy metric -> imperial or imperial -> metric cheat cheet, look here.

Image from Kirikiri via flickr