Na Vrh Brda Vrba Mrda

I went to my first day of classes today, and we learned the tongue twister above. It's for practicing your "r"s, and means "the willow sways at the top of the mountain" or something. My classmates are from all europe; Ukraine, Italy, Germany, Holland, Spain and Russia. There are also two other Amerikanka here. It makes it interesting because there really is no common language except Serbian. Most of them know at least some English, but sometimes it's no better than our Serbian.

My host mom is really sweet, and, in true Serbian tradition, is obsessed with feeding us (me and Olga, my roommate from Ukraine). Last night we got home around 11:30 from watching the a rehearsal of the local professional folk dance troupe, and she was waiting for us with dinner. Every morning we have really good bread and Kaimak and honey. She has two sons, one of whom is a rock climber, so our room used to be covered with climbing holds-- too bad she took them down! It looks like she redecorated since then. She has a very artsy, bauhaus type of taste (artsy pictures of machinery have replaced the climbing holds) and beautiful Turkish rugs.