Monday, October 06, 2008

To catch up on yesterday, we were so lucky to arrive here safely. some of the roads that we traveled to get to Banja Luka were not the ones we are familiar with at home. They are one lane each direction but there is no shoulder and they are very windy. There was one time when Larry and I were following Mark approaching a blind curve. There so conveniently happened to be a tractor trailer that was stopped and parked right at the curve. So you have to dig down deep to get enough courage to jet into the other lane of traffic and pass and hope there is nothing speeding around the bend at you. we just made it. however there was a car behind us who almost ended up in our backseat. it was very scary. However, it was a beautiful trip to through the country side though. We were greeted with a wonderful reception from those in Banja Luka. Since I am staying with Borislav's older brother, we had lunch at his parents weekend house. Their house was amazing. The meal was more like a feast and everything was home cooked and delicious. They kept bringing out more things for us to try. Bojan got married about a month ago and he and his wife are very gracious hosts. This was a great welcome to this city.