RYCO Publication: A Better Region Starts with YOUth (2020)

A souvenir shop in Sarajevo
Darija's story
:
There was this really cool souvenir shop that sold
handmade goods and the vendor was this woman and she
was a muslim, I think. I said to her: “Oh my god, your work
is so pretty, I really like it!” And she said: “Oh my god, you
are so nice. You're not from here, right?” I said: “No, I'm
not. I come from Serbia.” Then she said: “Oh you're such a
sweet child.” I bought a magnet and she gave me a gift and
we hugged. We talked a little more and I was so surprised,
because I met her for the first time. We are on different
sides and we got along so well. That was really a big
moment for me.
(Darija, participant of a RYCO funded
youth exchange, explored the old town of Sarajevo.)
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