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Happy 7th anniversary / 7 godina braka

~ au

Long time ago a couple of girlfriends where discussing what we wanted of the future man. Mostly, it was that he should be tall, well trained, blond, brown, educated and so on. I remember I said that I wanted someone I can argue with. I don’t know why I said it, but I really meant it. I guess I know I am not too simple a person to live with :p Then I met a person that I could argue with.  Today it is 7 years since we married. We have had our share of  disagreements but also great moments and a wonderful daughter. Who would have thought that long ago when we first met as students:)2016-07-25 23.10.36 Nekad davno smo ja i par prijateljica diskutovale kakav treba muskarac da bude. Vecina ih je govorila hoce visokog, istreniranog, plavih ili neke ipak radije hoce smedjih ociiju. Trebao je biti skolovan, zaradjivati i.t.d. Ja se sjecam da sam rekla da hocu nekog s kim se mogu svadjati. Ne znam zasto sam to rekla ali sam to stvarno mislila. Vjerovatno zato sto znam da sam malo “teska” :p

Uglavnom sretoh tako osobu sa kojom mogu da se “posvadjam”. Vec 7 godina smo vjencani i imali smo svojih ratova a i fantasticnih momenata. Imamo i jednu prekrasnu kcerku. Ko bih rekao da ce tako biti davne godine kad smo se kao studenti sreli..:)

Up in the air / U letu

~ au

After a month and a half in Sweden, with a short trip in Iceland in between, me and Ada where again on the road…or rather up in the air.
The most important of this trip was that I have said good bye to my grandmother. I hope I will see her again, but in the bad shape she is in I do not believe I will. She is getting worse for each day and it is very depressing to see a her deteriorate. Here is one of the last pictures that I probably have with her.
Nakon mjesec i po dana u Svedskoj, sa kratkim putovanjem za Island, ja i Ada smo opet bili na putu
Najvaznije sto sam obavila ovog putovanja je da sam vidjela moju majku i da smo se mogle pozdraviti. Nadam se da cu je opet vidjeti ali tesko. Svakim danom je sve gora i gora. Deprimirajuci je gledati je kako se “raspada”. Ovo je jedna od zadnjh slika sto imam od nje. IMG-20160712-WA0007Last couple of days have been quite hard. Since I was leaving I had to clean the whole apartment. I had to sort out tons of things. I am still tired of that work but I feel quite satisfied having finally done it. I also cannot thank my family enough because they have been there to help me.
Ada suddenly got very calm while I was clearing up some things. I now know why…
Zadnjih par dana su bili dosta naporni. Posto idem morala sam citav stan ocistiti. Tako da smo tonu stvari sortirali i ocistili. Jos uvijek sam umorna od toga, ali sam zadovoljna sto smo to uradili. Ne mogu se dovoljno zahvaliti mojoj familiji sto su mi pomogli. 
Dok sam sredjivala neke stvari Ada se fino umirila…20160716_103210_resized
Here are some pics from the time we spent together with the family. / Par slika od vremena sto smo zajedno proveli. 

And finally a pic from our flight to Karlsruhe. We landed in Berlin- Tegel airport.  We were flying with a propeller airplane and I thought it was fun that during the flight I couldn´t see them but in the picture they could be seen.
I noticed there was a difference in service between Norwegian air and Air Berlin.  I definitely prefer Norwegian, except that me and Ada liked the chocolate heart we got from Air Berlin.
Isli smo preko Berlina-Tegel u Karlsruhe. Isli smo sa propeler avionom i zanimljivo mi je bilo da se ne vide u letu, ali kad se uslikaju onda se vide.
Dalje sam primjetila razliku u posluzi izmedju Norwegian Air i Air Berlin. Definitivno su prijatni iz Norwegian, osim sto se na kraju leta dobije ukusno cokoladno srce od Air Berlin. 

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Balthazar science park for children / Balthazar park nauke za djecu

~ au

If you are close to the city Skövde I would recommend a visit to Balthazar, a science park for children. It is one of the best I have been to. The concept is fantastic. The main part is science made such to interest children of all ages. There is also a place for taking a “fika” ( coffee,  cakes and some simple dishes are served) . I find it interesting for grown ups also. Here are some pics from the times we have been there.

Ako ste u blizini Skövdea ja bih vam preporucila da odete u Balthazar. To je jedan park nauke za djecu. Jedan od boljih u kojem sam bila. Koncept im je fantastican. Glavni dio je tako uradjen da motivise i aktivira djecu i da im ucini nauku zanimljivom. Ima isto mjesto za kafenisanje. Prodaju tu i par laganih jela. Dobro je sto je ovaj park i interesantan i za odrasle. Evo par slika od ovih par puteva sto smo bili tamo. 20160708_144421

Life is strange / Cudan li je ovaj zivot

~ au

It feels strange to visit my grandmother. To see her getting worse. It feels awkward asking her how she is. Obviously, how will a person, that has always been independent,  feel knowing that she will not get better.
I wonder than if the medicine really has improved? What is the point of longer life when the person is completely bound to the bed. Of course I find that medicine has improved,  but seeing my grandmother like this still makes me wonder if it is human to prolong a persons life at any cost. For the  the beloved ones, obviously, we want our grandmother to live as long as possible, but hearing my grandmother say with tired voice “the doctors do not even allow me to die”, then I start to wonder…
After the visit I come home and see the children jump around and scream of laughter this beautiful day.
Life is truely a weird thing…abrahamlincoln137180Cudan je to osjecaj otici kod majke. Vidjeti kako je sve losija i kako polako propada. Cudan je osjecaj pitati je kako se osjeca. Mislim, kako ce se osjecati osoba koja je uvijek bila neovisna i veliki radnik a sada lezi u krevetu? Ne moze sjesti sama a kamoli da uradi nesto drugo. I najgore je sto zna da nece biti bolja. Da li je danasnja medicina onda stvarno napredovala? U sebi mislim – “naravno da jeste”. Ali kad pocnem razmisljati malo upitam se da li je stvarno  humano produzivati zivot nekome ako je ta osoba osudjena da bude u krevetu i da u biti nista ne radi bez ikakve mogucnost ka poboljsanju? Naravno mi bi htjeli da nam majka bude sto duze ziva, ali kad cujem majku kako kaze- “ovdje doktori ne daju ni umrijeti” onda se upitam… I onda dodjem kuci i vidim djecu kako veselo skacu u jednom prelijepom danu i pomislim cudan li je ovaj zivot…

Age / Starost

~ au

Aging and illness are terrible things. No matter how much you try to keep the hope inside you know it won´t get better. I try to convince myself how my grandmother had quite a long life but the moment I see her it doesn´t help. Even if she would have already lived for 200 years it would feel that the life is too short. Especially, when it is going towards the end. It is like a aeroplane landing. Up in the air you feel you fly slowly and when landing it feels faster and faster and suddenly you have landed and stopped. It is the same with a life.
And what does my grandmother say to me?
She tells me the chinese proverb ” A healthy man has 1000 wishes, a sick one has just one“. Remember that! majkina ruka
Starost i bolest je jedna grozna stvar. Koliko god se trudis da zadrzis nadu znas da nema nista od toga. Sebe ohrabrujes kako je ipak majka imala dug vijek ali dzaba kad je vidim kako bolesna i slaba lezi cini mi se da je i 200 godina zivjela da je vijek itekako kratak. Pogotovo kad se vijek sve priblizava kraju sve brze i brze ide. Isto kao kad avion slijece. Nekako sporo letis a u momentu kad sleces sve brzinski proleti i dok si rekao keks avion je stao. Tako isto zivot.
I sta mi kaze majka na to sve ?
Ponovi mi kinesku poslovicu ” Zdrav covjek ima 1000 zelja a bolestan samo jednu“. Zapamti to sine!

Energyboost / Udar energije

~ au

I sit in the train to Stockholm, totally hyped. My body is feeling like I have taken some drugs making me FULL of energy. I giggle for myself, noticing people watching me as a drunk teenager. I cannot believe I am alone without Ada to take care of. For the FIRST time. I don’t have to talk, I don’t have to explain.  I don’t have to think about Ada climbing the seats, walking the isle and so on. For the next few days it is just ME and my sister. Wonderful 🙂 2016-06-15 16.36.41Osjecam se kao da sam se nadrogirala necim sto mi je toliko energije dalo da imam osjecaj da cu eksplodirati. Smijem se sama sebi, dok me ljudi gledaju kao da sam pijani tinejdzer. Ne mogu da vjerujem da sam na putu bez Ade. To mi je PRVI put. Ne moram pricati, ne moram objasnjavati, ne moram razmisljati o tome sta ce (belaja) Ada napraviti, hoce li hodati po hodniku itd. Za slijedecih par dana smo samo JA i moja sestre bitne. Fantasticno 🙂

First strawberries / Prve jagode

~ au

This morning Ada and I arrived to Skövde. Ada was great during the trip. She was constantly talking and singing loud…in the wagon where it should be silcence. Luckily, no one complained.
At my parents place my mom had planted lots of strawberries and there where two that Ada had the honour to pick and eat. She loved it. It was her first time picking the strawberries herself.
In the evening I went to my grand mother. She is very sick and we spent two hours talking. It is very hard to see a person you love getting weaker and weaker. I really enjoyed seing and talking to her. So much experience and stories that only a long life (85 years) can give.20160609_152142 20160609_152722 20160609_213938Jutros smo Ada i ja stigle u Skövde.Ada je bila super na putu. Pricala je i pjevala  je citav put…u  vagonu  gdje treba biti  tisina. Srecom  se niko  nije bunio.
Kod kuce je mama  posadila dosta jagoda koje  su bas fino  rodile. Ada je nasla dvije  zrele koje je sama  pobrala  i ceifom jela. To joj je prvi put da je sama  brala jagode! To joj se pravo svidjelo. Odmah je trazila vise ali nije ih bilo zreli.
Navecer sam srela moju majku koja je jako bolesna. Provele smo dva sata pricajuci o starim uspomenama. Tesko je vidjeti jednu voljenu osobu koja postaje sve losija i losija. Lijepo mi je bilo pricati sa njom.  Prerijetki trenutci a toliko iskustva koji samo jedan dug zivot moze dati.

Swedish national Day / Svedski nacionalni dan

~ au

I think I never  experienced  a nicer  swedish  national  day. The weather  was perfect. The concert  was fantastic. We hade the  honour  to listen  to the royal  opera, choir  and balet  for free. There  were  activites, like trying ballerinas, painting and gymnastics, for  the children. On top  of it  all  my mother  came on a short visit. Perfect 🙂20160606_111455 zlatana120160606_133333 20160606_130140 
 20160606_133221 20160606_134825 zlatanaMislim  da nisam nikad ljepsi  svedski  nacionalni  dan dozivjela. Vrijeme  je bilo perfektno. Imali  smo cast slusati kraljevsku  opera, hor  i gledati balet… i to sve bezplatno. Bilo je i aktiviteta za djecu, poput probavanje balerinki, gimnastike i crtanja. A kao kec na desetku je moja mama dosla u kratku posjetu. Perfektno 🙂

First time / Prvi put

~ au

There is a first  time for everything. Also for “manicure”. This happened when grandmother came to Stockholm and Princess Zoe brought my sisters 150 different nail polishes. Quite  fascinating I find how  children want  as many  colors  as possible. Less is more  doesn’t really count in their  world. Ada also  made  her  first  political  statement  (not knowing  it though).IMG-20160606-WA0001Ima Za sve prvi  put. Tako i Za manikir. Ovaj dogadjaj  se naravno  morao  desiti  kad je majka dosla u Stockholm, i kad je Princess Zoe iznijela tetkinih neki 150 raznih  lakova. Zanimljivo  je kako djeca  hoce sto vise boja i kako izreka  “manje  je vise” ne pije  vode. Ada je isto svoj prvi politicki  stav demonstrirala…doduse  bezda zna  😉