This morning we watched a replay of the opening [ceremony] of the Olympics. It’s so strange that they are happening six hours from where I live and here I am in Poland. The ceremony was good but there was one bit which was spectacular. They put up a circular screen that enclosed dancers and an enormous light. The result was a shadow dance which was at least fifty feet high.

On a sad note, the flag bearer for Poland died during the opening ceremony. Piotr seems somewhat amused by the whole thing but it seems rather terrible to me.

There is some good news coming from Bosnia. Radovan Karadžić retired as leader of his political party and promised not to run for any political office. Of course I don’t think is word is worth all that much. He has proven before that he has no qualms against lying – after all, he has done much worse.

We were supposed to go to the country but the weather was/is so wretched that the whole thing got called off. This whole week the weather has been incredibly [awful]. It’s been cold and windy with lots of rain. I guess I’d rather be cold that sweating. In the land of no air conditioning, this really is a blessing. Besides, complaining about this weather will do nothing. It is a waste of time.