Water was available only every other day. Natural gas likewise, usually on alternate days. Fortunately electricity was available every day, but its use is restricted so that few can warm up their rooms to about 50 degrees Fahrenheit. Cold seeps into the bones. Street cars function again and are crowded but from time to time they are still targeted by sniper fire.
People are back on the streets.
However, there is a police curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. Cars now use roads that prior to the Dayton Agreement were definitely to be avoided because they were in the direct line of fire. The city was still virtually a concentration camp because there were few ways to leave. This trip was a challenge greater than our previous academic exchanges, visits, and research. We learned a great deal and we hope that we will make a difference to the Sarajevo academic community.