The past month was very busy, especially for Karl. He was working so hard at camp - renovating the mlekara (milk shed), leveling the field, and tearing down one of the buildings and helping to rebuild it. Lots of physical work, along with meeting with suppliers, vendors, laborers and neighbors. Add to this Bible studies, time with Scott when he was home on Spring Break, and other times with friends. And somewhere in there, he had administrative stuff and car maintenance stuff (changing winter tires to summer tires, getting a flat fixed, buying a new tire because I hit a stump and it blew, getting the car washed, changing the shocks on the car, etc.). We also had two trips to Belgrade - one to take Scott to the airport to go back to Germany and one for a team meeting. Are you tired yet?
So, on Monday, Karl saw that Tuesday was a holiday (May Day), so he wanted to take a break! He called me about 10:30 and said that we were going away for two nights! We went to Sarajevo, about 4 hours away from us. We found a hotel when we got there - Hotel Hollywood (complete with James Dean poster in our room). We slept late on Tuesday. I'm not sure the last time that Karl slept later than 7am; he's always up by around 6. Then we went to the waterpark that was right by the hotel. So relaxing and enjoyable! The temp outside was in the 80s, so it was perfect! Unfortunately, we both got sunburned (forgot the sunscreen in the car and were just too lazy to go back to get it!). But, we had a great time! Around 2 we decided we just wanted to take a nap, so we went back to the hotel and slept for a couple of hours. We really needed to just sleep! I'm so glad that Karl was able to really rest.
So, on Monday, Karl saw that Tuesday was a holiday (May Day), so he wanted to take a break! He called me about 10:30 and said that we were going away for two nights! We went to Sarajevo, about 4 hours away from us. We found a hotel when we got there - Hotel Hollywood (complete with James Dean poster in our room). We slept late on Tuesday. I'm not sure the last time that Karl slept later than 7am; he's always up by around 6. Then we went to the waterpark that was right by the hotel. So relaxing and enjoyable! The temp outside was in the 80s, so it was perfect! Unfortunately, we both got sunburned (forgot the sunscreen in the car and were just too lazy to go back to get it!). But, we had a great time! Around 2 we decided we just wanted to take a nap, so we went back to the hotel and slept for a couple of hours. We really needed to just sleep! I'm so glad that Karl was able to really rest.
That evening we went into Sarajevo to meet some friends for ice cream. It was so great to walk around the old town with them, seeing historical sites such as the Latin Bridge where Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated, which started WWI. Although we've been to Sarajevo several times, we've never gone by that site. But certainly the best part was the time with our friends!
Wednesday morning, we got up and started the trip home. We stopped in Visegrad to see the Bridge on the Drina. This bridge was built in the 1570s and is beautiful! Then we went on to Mokra Gora where we rode the train up the mountain on the Sargan 8 (you'll have to look it up! It's really cool!). We had a really great time, enjoying the beauty of the day. To see pictures of our trip, click here.
We got home about 5:30pm, and, well, the world hit again! Work was put off for a day or two, but it has to be done! Karl has supplies to get to get the building roofed, we have reports due, we have people to see, things to do! But we are so grateful that we had the time to get away for May Day! It certainly brought us joy!
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