​To Sarajevo

We spent yesterday wandering around Vienna, including a visit to the Leopold Museum where a huge collection of their Egon Schiele paintings were on display. Such a prodigious talent and such a short life

Today we head to Sarajevo and despite the enormous pressure of modern travel, Linda seems to be coping reasonably well with the wait for our plane. Natalie left earlier, however with her sense of direction she may well be in Stockholm or similar. It will be interesting to see if she will be waiting for us at the airport as arranged.

Bosnia has had such a violent past, even before their most recent war. I remember reading about one such incident that occurred in Sarajevo some years ago. 

Two youngsters from different sectors of the city had a childish crush on each other, she was just thirteen years old and the boy was a couple of years older apparently. Because of some past insult or internecine, clan feud there were a series of honour killings. In just three days six people had lost their lives,  including the two children. Even the family priest was somehow implicated.

When I read this story about Sarajevo I remember thinking that it is no wonder that……hang on, sorry, that story actually came from Verona in Italy and was actually written by an Englisman I think.

But something like that could have happened in Bosnia in the last 400 years. Just we haven’t heard of it. 

I may just be the man to bring such a story to the attention of my legion of loyal followers.

F C-S