Fruitopia

Apricot
Fig
Lime
Pomegranate
Grape
Kiwi
Peach

This list includes fruits I see growing on my 10-minute walk to work. I've tasted the apricots and figs--yummy--and all but the kiwi and peach trees are right it our front yard.

Needless to say, the fresh fruit here is pretty stellar.

I love all the fresh fruit and veggie stands, but yesterday I had a slight vegetable-buying mishap at one.

It all began when Sara noticed she had chicken she needed to cook before it went bad. We decided the best way to eat this chicken would be in a fresh salad. Because Sara was cooking, I had the job of going to the local market to pick up some salad stuff, the most important ingredient being the lettuce. No prob.

So, I walk to a little veggie stand and pick up one of the heaviest heads of lettuce I've ever lifted. I'm bummed because it looks rather white even for iceberg lettuce, but I pay the veggie lady and trek up the hill to our apartment with my bowling ball lettuce head.

When I return, I express to Sara my disappointment in the white lettuce, and pull it out of the bag.

"That's not lettuce," she says. "That's cabbage."

It's not like these little stands have labels for their merchandise, so I had, in fact, purchased cabbage for our salad. Oops! However, I was able to locate some lettuce at a local grocery store, where they do use labels, so our salad was saved. And delicious, I might add.

Is cabbage a lot heavier than lettuce? Should that have been an indication it wasn't what I thought it was?

In other news, it's back to Sarajevo tonight and tomorrow, and a possible trip to Banja Luka for the weekend. Banja Luka is 8 hours away from Mostar, so going there for a day makes little sense. But two of my best buds are there, and one of the two is having a birthday next week, so I still might make the illogical trip.

If I don't, I'll return to lovely Mostar and do Mostary things.