Only the military vehicles parked nearby and the sign over the front door remind that SFOR soldiers live in this building. Access to our office does not require a preliminary permission. Easier contact with the people is made.
Czech servicemen have also a considerable advantage.
Our language is not very remote from the local language. With some effort on both sides, we succeed in understanding. Discussing with some Mljecanica inhabitants, near the Croatian border, a patrol has put the first ranging poles of a Winterization Plan. Circumstances were favourable. Returning from Croatia with my family, I was lucky to meet some Czech soldiers to whom I spoke about my difficulties.