July 26th, Sarajevo Movie Day

7/26     Friday

            We don’t have much planned for the day, so we walk up the avenue to the newer side of the city. There’s a modern building complex that has a shopping mall and a multiplex cinema. There’s a book fair going on at the plaza in front, lots of English authors, but no English-language available. We browse through the mall, where there are the same sorts of shops we’d find at home: eyewear and accessories, sneakers, jeans and t-shirts, dresses, cosmetics, food court, kid’s clothes, electronics, etc. But there’s a lot less of the brand-name franchise shopping, no Abercrombie, Gap or Nike stores. Everything seems more individual and boutique-y. It’s not the feeling that all the stores have the same merchandise that you’d often see at home.

After a coffee on the plaza, we go to Cinema City and see World War Z. It’s tolerable. We meet a couple of guys from Brooklyn in the theater.

Back at the apartment, the eleven of us are having an evening of ice-cold showers. It’s like hiking, but without the forest views.

1 Video Included

 Movie Day