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Hello! Pod zvesdami means under the stars so last night I watched film with my friend under the star! We went up the top of Ljubljana castle and got ice cream for free and watched film. It was very cold, but so romantic and fun! Film pod zvazdami is from 28 July to 21 August! Ticket is 3.8 euro per person!  In Ljubljana, many summer festivals are held, like jazz concert, international festival and free concert in Trnovo. Everybody gather center and enjoy their own time. In winter, Ljubljana is so quiet and cold, but summer is very opposite. You should go Ljubljana once, but in summer;P  

こんにちはー。 今日は女性の美しさについてのお話です。 昨今の日本の女性誌を飾るモデルたちはものすごく細いですよね。手脚が長くて顔も小さくて肌も白めが目立ちます。しかし、ここスロベニアまたはバルカンの地域では少し違う嗜好があります。 まず！クロアチアに行った時のこと。私脚が太いんですけど、それが嫌だったんです。でも友達が絶対あなたの脚は綺麗だってみんないうよ（笑）とかいって、なにをふざけてるんだ？と思ったら、案の定！彼女のお母さん、お婆ちゃん達は、あなたの脚は綺麗！とかいうんですよ(笑）挙句の果てに、あなたの脚は完璧。でも上半身がやせているとかいって、いやいやいや、嘘でしょ?!?!って思いました。どうやら太い脚は一昔前にはかなりモダンﾀﾞｯﾀﾖｳﾃﾞｽ!!　いやぁ～これにはぶったまげまして、調子に乗ってクロアチアでは短いズボンをはいて街を歩きまくってましたね～。でもこれは、あくまで昔の話。スラリと長い脚が欲しいのはどこも一緒です。 そして、まぁ見て思うんですけど、一般的に日本の女性の方が細い人が多い。スロベニアとクロアチアとボスニアでブラブラしてぱっと目にする女性たちは、太ってないけど、がりがりじゃないのです。程よく肉がついていて、カーヴィーです。いいですかー、ここでは棒のようなただ細いだけの体は人気じゃないです。みんなやせ過ぎていない、女性らしいラインがほしいのです。なるほどね～。 ちなみに男性もここは男らしいですよー。ガリガリの男もいるけど、マッチョな男がたくさん。このあいだゲイパーティーにいったけど、え？この人たち日本の男性みたいって感じ(笑）ほそくて、かわいいTシャツ着てる人がたくさん！ここの女性たちはつまり、ちょっとひげがあって、あごがしっかりしている男らしい外見の男が好きなんだってー。なるほどね。 次は肌！これは大きな違いだと思いますが、こちらの人々は小麦色の肌になるためものすごい努力をしています。春からビキニをきて日焼けしたり、ソラリスという日焼けマシーンにかよって一年中小麦色の肌を維持している人もいます。もともと白人で、色が白いからこんがりやくまでには相当時間がかかると思いますが、みんな真剣にやいてます。私はボスニアでかーなーりやけました。もともと肌は白いほうですが、焼けやすいので今は結構自分の人生の中で黒いほうです。みんなそれを

   After said good bye to Bosnia, I went to Veliki Grđevac by the night train. Veliki Grđevac is located in about the center of Croatia, near Bjelovar and my room mate's home town! (Bejelovar is near Zagreb) First I took a night train from Sarajevo to Zagreb, and changed train from Zagreb to Bjelovar. My friend's father pick me up in there and go to Grđevac!   I visited there once during Easter on this year. I really like her family and Grđevac! As Bosnian people, they have big hospitality and good heart. I was so tried and dirty. I was still sad because of parting from Bosnian friends and could not believe that I was in Bosnia few hours ago. But when I arrived at Zagreb station, I had to wake up. I phoned to my friend and bought a ticket. I did not have a time, so I just did eveything quickly. In the train, there were no announce, so I had to listen where the train arrives at. When I opened the door of the train,my friend and father were waiting for me near the train, no

  The morning of the last day! Last naight we ate snacks and had a drink and talked a lot. I slept very well! It was really good not to rain, but it was so hot. Look! Do you see long line of partipants? It is like snake!! Today's road was narrow and rough.    This is Orthodox church. Orthodox is Serbs' religion. As I mentioned before, Muslims. Catholics and Orthodox have lived together peacefully in Bosnia. In western Europe same Christianity group triggered religious wars. Compare to that, Bosnia was so peaceful country.   This is traditional Serbian house. They had same design house for live stocks. I remembered that I watched caws, and sheep!!   We had take a rest under the cherry tree. One of my friends climbed tree to grab cherries! I really wanted to do that, but my food was so awful. I gave up and just concentrated on eating.  Potočari! We will reach the goal soon! But it was far awaaaay.    Evo ti. Here is Srebreica. This is grave for victims. Did you see green graves

The Second day of marš mira!! I just slept for 3 hours, because it was uncomfortable for me in the tent. I could not sleep at all, I walked around. It was 6:00am. Some people already departed, but my friends still slept well, maybe because of "party" :D  Everybody woke up at around 7:00am and washed teeth and face and got ready for march! Already sunshine glared on the ground. I put sun block on my body and we went! We took a great photo, but I just announce, because of privacy problems :)  You will guess that beautiful nature make me relaxed, but in fact, my food was so hurt. Other members were so lively and walked fast. Further, they had appetite, so ate a lot. Of course I had nothing appetite.  Bosnian Muslims escaped from Bosnian Serb Army through the river in a photo. I imagine that scene. Beautiful landscape and the reality of war was so different.,,,I just stared at the river.  Today's most hard part was the UDRČ. We climbed up 1043m. I have read  UDRČ had so ro

Around 16:00, people began to gather to Nezuk. I did not expect that so much people participate in marš mira. People of my group came many times in marš mira, so they are expert and have a lot of friends. I was supposed to sleep with my group, but some guy invited me to stay his house. He is manager of gathering place in Nezuk. I felt so bad, but my friends said no problem, so I stayed his house. He has a lot of fruit trees. We picked up plums and peers and ate them up. His wife served delicious foods and juice. Everything is home made!!! I was really hungry, so I just ate them up :P When I was eating dinner, I met Aida. She is niece of that guy and studies math in University of Tuzla. She guided me Nezuk. We talked about a lot of stuffs. After the dinner, her brother and his friends came his home to have a coffee. Everybody is so lively and funny guys. They called me Yoko, anyway, I do not  mind. I was just so happy to meet nice people and excited to go marš mira ;)  In the morning

The first day in Sarajevo, I did not have specific plans. I searched place where I wanted to visit, and went to. It was great. I could talk with Bosnians and French guy. However, the second day is totally different. Since I was in Japan I had planed to participate in marš mira!! I woke up at 7:oo am and had a break fast and watched news. Sarajevo TV news casters spoke on television about marš mira, so I was excited :D I left Sarajevo at 11:10.   This is the main bus station in Sarajevo. Be careful, we cannot pay by credit card! You have to prepare enough Bosnian mark. I bought a bus ticket to Tuzla. It was 20 mark. In Croatia and Sarajevo, we have to pay about 1 euro to put big luggage in trunk.    Anyway, my final destination is not Tuzla, but Nezuk. But in sarajevo nobody knows where is Nezuk. I knew that Nezuk is located in Tuzla district, so I believed that I could manage everything when I arrived at Tuzla.  It took three hours to Sarajevo to Tuzla including rest time. It was v