highlights"es
on the bus ride from sarajevo to belgrade
some guy next to me:”where you from?”
me: “united states. . .you know seattle?”
guy: “oh! seattle! i love seattle! supersonics!”
happy that we might be able to talk about basketball: “you like basketball?”
guy: “vladimir radmanovic! good serbian man! we love seattle!”
me: “haha yea. . .so you like basketball?”
guy: “no, only serbian man in nba”
-end of conversation-
guy on his way to see ‘the simpsons movie’ on the tram ride in belgrade
guy: “where you from?”
me: “seattle, in america”
guy looking confused: “no, you not american. . .your face, where you from”
me: “japan”
looking satisfied: “oh good. you a jap.”
me: “huh? well yea but you don’t really call people japs. . .”
guy totally ignoring my last comment and moving on with his thoughts: “japs. we like japs. much better than americans. you tell people you a jap”
me: “uh-huh”
the hostel owner in sarajevo
looking over my reservation information
owner: ‘’so you from japan?”
me: ”yes”
owner: ”i know japan! tokyo, hiroshima, nagasaki!”
me: ”umm….ya”
highlights
salar de uyuni | la paz | skydiving over ‘mordor’ in taupo, nz | exploring the ‘totoro museum’ (ghibli museum) in mitaka |the hostel in niseko…at the bottom of the lifts! |sushi . sashimi . soba. tako yaki . sandwiches from 7-11. nikuman…food in japan | home made plum wine | jammin with an irish band and learning to play the spoons at ‘the bog’ in christchurch | canyoning in interlaken | eurotrip with the ‘freaks of nature’ crew |thailand