Yo,  the fabulous  people from SOS Kinderdorf (thanks Azra!) forwarded us to the SOS Kinderdorf in Sarajevo for our next event. The clouds were crying from joy a lot, which was not so helpful, as we cannot set up the castle in constant rain. Fortunately, the nearby school of the SOS children had a gymnastics hall which we could use.

So we went to Džemaludin Čaušević primary school in the morning, and found a really friendly school with a bit rundown small hall (donations are needed! If you want to donate for a new gymnastics hall, you can contact Selma). We could not go there by car and had to carry the castle for about 50 meters through the school building. No problem with the help of the Hulk-like 9th-graders.

We started the air fans, and of course the hall was not high enough :( So, we called the Hulks again and they carried the castle to the school courtyard, as the rain had stopped temporarily. Big children eyes were the reward, and the elementary school kids had quite some fun.

It only lasted for one hour, as the rain started again and we just packed the castle into the car before it started to rain buckets.

Conclusion: about 100 kids and the school pedagogist had a blast, but the weather still needs improving. Our three-week journey only had two consecutive days without rainfall. Any tips on this?

Yo, just some short impressions from the village Lukavica which was recently affected by flooding and landslides.. a tiny distraction at least in the foggy weather. Tomorrow we will be in Sarajevo with hopefully better conditions!

Yo, after visiting the SOS village in Lekenik near Zagreb (post to come), we went directly to the second Croatian SOS village in Ladimirevci near Osjek. And what a nice time we spent there!  

We arrived on Friday evening and were directly invited for dinner. The kids were asleep already, and we could spent the night in the guest house. What a nice welcome :)

On Saturday morning, after breakfast with the SOS mother Branca and their kids, we unloaded the dvorac (yes, our Croatian improves and improves) with the help of the kids. And after fixing two minor holes, we set it up finally! Chaos breaks out after all the ~80 children want to jump immediately at the same time. But Davor, the village psychologist, could control the mob and we had a full day of jumping action in perfect summer weather :)

Just when we finally packed the castle together, nature itself tried to prevent us from leaving and sent myriad of mosquitos. But tough as we are, we put everything back in the bus and fled into shelter.

After another dinner with Branca and her wonderful kids, and breakfast on the next day, we had to leave again to the next villages. We spent such an amazing time in Ladimirevci, cheers to Davor, Suzana & Branca, and Tomislav, Katharina, Matej, Matija, Marco, Vicky, and all the others! We really hope to come back!