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Brits in Bosnia

http://britsinbosnia.blogspot.com

tales from a fraught mummy moving to Bosnia with a grumpy husband, two full on toddlers and a food obsessed dog.

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  • Christmas Cards

    Posted on Monday December 7th, 2009 at 04:52 in christmas, amnesty international

    Last year I couldn't find any Christmas cards anywhere, so we made the lot. Or rather, given that my boys were more into throwing the paint, I made the lot pretending that they were helping, whilst they ran around demolishing the play room. I remembe...

  • Dear So and So: Bosnian Version Part VII

    Posted on Friday December 4th, 2009 at 04:12

    It's Friday. Time for that moment to write some postcards to the people I have something to say to, and as it has been a while I have a lot to say. Right, who is first in the firing line?**************************Dear Jessie,Although the weather has ...

  • It\'s a small small world

    Posted on Wednesday December 2nd, 2009 at 02:41 in small world, coincidences

    So, it turns out that in the office next to Dave's works a guy that I once knew at University. Last time we had a conversation was probably somewhere around 1994. Bearing in mind that Bosnia is hardly the worlds most visited destination and Tuzla doe...

  • **@%%&&!

    Posted on Tuesday December 1st, 2009 at 04:20 in parenting, swearing, bosnian nurseries, bosnian children

    One of my least favourite things about some Bosnian parents is their propensity to think that teaching their children to swear is funny. Now, I'm no angel on the swearing front, I try to contain my expletives to 'oh blast' or 'ffffffffiddle dee dee!'...

  • Bangers and Festivals

    Posted on Friday November 27th, 2009 at 01:51 in holidays, food, firecrackers, bosnian customs, bajram

    Woke up this morning to an cavalcade of bangs and crashes and the realisation that there were a lot of people out on the streets at a relatively early stage of the day. This being Bosnia and all, I was out of bed pretty sharpish, before remembering t...

  • Fame of a sort

    Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 01:38 in toddlers, toddler activities

    We are achieving a certain amount of notoriety here.A very dear friend of mine is an teacher at the English Department in the local University. She was talking to her relatively new students about native English speakers in Tuzla (there aren't many o...

Comments & Reviews

This blog is currently rated a 4.00 out of a possible 5 based on 2 comments.

4 stars Stephen Wolstenholme

Thanks for an interesting insight into life in Tuzla. I am hoping to visit the area soon to film the last remaining steam engines in the mines. Any information would be very much appreciated.

Stephen Wolstenholme
stephenwolstenholme@talk21.com

Posted: October 4th, 2009 | Report This Comment

meridance

4 stars meridance

Hi fraught mummy,

I really loved your blog! I found it really original and an interesting read...keep writing!

Posted: January 22nd, 2009 | More Reviews From meridance | Report This Comment

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