Life On The Road

This city is our home for now. It's located 9 km (around 6 miles) from the capital Tunis. It's not far, but since we don't have a car, we didn't go to Tunis yet. I was in Tunisia for my vacation two years ago. I was in the tourist area, and I didn't go far from our hotel so I couldn't get the real picture of this country.  What makes one place good or bad, pretty or ugly, are not the buildings, streets, stores, but people who live there. What makes you fall in love or hate one town, mostly are people who you get in touch with and the way they treat you. To get a real feeling of one country  is to get involved with its culture. This is Africa. We didn't know what to expect from this place. We have been to five continents already, so we have seen a lot of different cultures. We are easy to adapt. Sometimes it's easier (when we just blend in from the beginning ), and sometimes it's harder (when we need some time to get used to everything).  Whe...

Hi there! This is something I really wanted to write about since the second day we got here.  I know every country has its own ways of greeting people, and I'm ok with that. Culture is something special that makes every country unique. In Serbia, we kiss three times on cheeks (each time different cheek) when we say hello or bye to someone we know. In Tunisia, they kiss two times the same way. So, I'm used to kissing like that.  What I'm not used to, and not ok with, is how they greet small babies. They kiss them on the cheeks too! Even strangers do that. When Tunisians see a baby, their first reaction is: "Oh, hi baby. You are very cute! Let me kiss you!" ( I don't understand Arabic, but my guess is they are saying something like this.) You would see most random people approach babies like this.  It's ok to kiss the baby on the hand, shoulder, or perhaps the head, but not on the cheeks.  I know they don't mean anything bad, since they are...

I do have a few other posts I want to write about, but first I want you to meet baby Nina. She is 11 months old now. She is super demanding baby, bad sleeper at night (wakes up every 2-3 hours), very active during the day, but very beautiful and smart baby. She is going to be one on the 30th of this month. I can't believe how fast time goes by. It's crazy. I've been taking photos of her every month so I could keep track on her growing. I'm going to let you see and enjoy them. :) Happy baby!  She was born as a quite big baby, 9.4 lb and 22 inches. I had a natural birth, and it went really smooth. For the first 3 months we were in Serbia (first 3 photos  were taken there), after that we moved to Hungary (next 3 photos are from there).  We were little worried how she is going to  react to a change, but she did great. She really enjoyed our time in Hungary. She went to her first basketball game there. :)  After the basketball season w...

Hi everybody! It's been too long since my last post and so much happened since then. My last post was while I was pregnant, and for some reason I didn't feel like writing after that. I don't know really why. I knew I wanted to continue writing, but at the right time. I think that time is now. :) For you, who don't know, we got a beautiful baby girl Nina who is almost one. It's crazy how fast time goes by. I am not going to write a lot for my first post. It kind of feels weird writing again after so much time being off. We are currently in Tunisia. After Japan (where we were for my last posts), we moved to Hungary for some time and back to Serbia. So, hello again! :) I will try to write as often as I can, and be regular in here. Cohadarevic's family The only good looking picture so far :) 

I just finished reading  Most miserable countries in the world  , and it really affected me. Serbia holds third spot in this category. Serbia used to be part of the Yugoslavia, the country that was one of the strongest countries in the world 30+ years ago. And today, 30 years later, Serbia is one of the most miserable countries in the world. It really makes me sad. I don't remember times when Yugoslavia was a world power. But, my parents do. A person could travel wherever and whenever he or she wants to. Yugoslavian passport was worth a lot (similar to the USA passport today). There were no visas, or any restrictions to travel around the world. People would work, and they would get paid for their work. Today, you never know when are you getting paid, or if you are getting paid at all. People work for months with no salaries. And salaries are a joke- average salary in Serbia is around $500-$600 a month. Some people work for $200-$300. Who can survive with this amount of money...

It's been long since I wrote my last post. I have finally found some time and motivation to write. I got sick, and some other things came up so I didn't feel like writing. I think I went to Seoul 2 weeks ago. I told you my memory is awful, so I am not even sure when I went. Well, this was one of the worst trips ever. I was there only for the weekend, and it was pretty bad. I left on Friday. I woke up not feeling very good, and I knew I would get sick. And, I am little drama queen when it comes to not feeling good. I hate being sick, and I hate being away from home when I am sick. I didn't know anything about Seoul or South Korea. I knew it was safe, but didn't know what to expect. I love traveling, but I hate traveling by myself. I am so clumsy and confused, I get lost in my own neighborhood. I will ask for someone's help only if that is the only option I have. I don't like when I don't know something, and I really don't like when I don't know whi...

I can't believe February is gone. Where did time go? When I think about the time, I get really scared. I am scared of getting old. All I think about is that I will get wrinkles on my face, my body skin will get loose, and at some point in my life I won't be able to take care of myself. I wish I could stop the time somehow. At least for the moment. How come nobody figured out how to do it by now? Every morning when we wake up, we are a day older than yesterday, and a day younger than tomorrow.There is no future for yesterday, but today is past for tomorrow. And tomorrow we won't be able to change the past.  I wish I could make one good memory every day. I would name my days by  that memory. If I really enjoyed my morning coffee this morning, I would named it today Mr. Coffee. Or, yesterday we went to Costco (and I looovee going to Costco), I would name yesterday Costco instead of Monday. So every day would have a specific name, and by the name I would know how that ...

Good morning! Dobro jutro! Kalimera! :) Few weeks ago I was reading some Serbian blogs, and it got me thinking how well actually I know Serbian language. Then I stopped thinking about it, until I read this cross-cultural life post from  The Random Writings Of Rachel . She speaks Chinese, her husband Spanish, and she wondered what language they should speak at home to their kid. I said the baby could easily speak three languages. EASILY? There is no way one could speak easily more than one language. Unless, that person has an iq of 150+. Than that's ok. So, I started thinking again about the languages. I speak two languages fluently . I think I speak two languages  fluently. Serbian and English. I grew up in Serbia, graduated from American University, and now I am all over the world. Every time I would go back home during summer break at college, I would need some time to adjust. When I would speak, some words would come out in English. After a while of not using...