Greetings Everyone,
I’m kind of disappointed at the fact that once again I was outvoted on the choice of the family vacation spot. It would have been much more exciting to go to France and wake up every morning to steaming French toast as well as have the chance to practice that amazing year of Spanish that I took, but no one in my family even considered France. There was talk of Romania for awhile until I scared my little sister out of it by reading her the Count Dracula book (which then caused her to cry until she got her way as always). In the end my mom, dad, and both sisters decided on Bosnia without my consent! What am I supposed to do in Bosnia? I am more than irritated that I had no influence with the vacation decision. More importantly, WHAT LANGUAGE AM I SUPPOSED TO PRACTICE IN BOSNIA? My family did not think this decision through at all. In fact, I think I am the only one who did any research on what to expect when we arrive at the Modriča Airport in Modriča, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Basically, my family is in for a rude awakening when they figure out that nearly everyone speaks Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian. I plan on being silent this entire trip and just sitting back and watching and watching my “family fun” fall apart. Maybe I can sneak away and still do a couple of the fun things I found when I researched (or maybe I can sneak to Italy or France and have some real fun). Save me some French toast by the way! Sorry if I have depressed you guys with my rant about my family, but there are a couple of things that sounded pretty interesting about Bosnia and Herzegovina that I would like to tell you about. I read that the government of Bosnia is extremely corrupt and that the problem with and Herzegovina’s people is that they keep electing the same officials. The article said that whenever a new problem arises the people always expect the government to solve it, when all the government is doing is granting themselves more power. Below the article I actually found a link with the date of a rally opposing the socialist ideas of the government and I plan on attending it. I might be able to make something of this trip after all! Don’t forget to send pictures of everything you guys do! I’ll write again tomorrow after I land in the wonderful world of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Until tomorrow,
Joseph
July 16, 2010
