Today, Tuzla is a recovering city. It's nestled between mountainsides that were occupied by warring Serbs and Muslims during the civil war that ended in 1995. Most of the buildings around the square have been rebuilt. A few have scars from the mortar blast. The city is quiet on Sundays.
Most shops are closed, but a few groceries are open.
Customers leave with shopping bags holding the food they need for the day. Young couples stroll the streets, hugging and smiling at each other. A few monuments survived the shelling and gun fire. Two statues stand at the end of one street, memorials to a painter and a poet from the city. When the Georgia group, escorted by National Guard soldiers, walked into a downtown caf , four young people glanced their way.