Here in Tuzla I had my first contact with Gypsy people. They welcomed me at the exit of the bus, a child trying to carry my big pagpack out from the bus trunk. I moved him, because I didn't want to give any money, and also because this bag was very heavy for this small boy! Then of course him more other children started to ask for some money. I proposed an apple to the first one, he accepted and ran with it, so glad! I felt bad that I have been a little rude with him first. And I got quite frightened when I offered all my apples to the other ones, and see that they were having the same reaction, running everywhere and trying to steal each other! Fuck! those children were really hungry, they are not lying! When I sit out from the station to wait for my host, a small gypsy girl who may be 8 or 9 years old sit next to me. She didn't get any apple so I proposed her some bread that I had in my bag, but she saw the cheese in the same bag and started to ask for it. I refused, telling her it was bread or nothing, so she started to insistently begging, as gypsies make so well. When I left with my host, she told "fuck you", I was not surprised...
 The day after, I was sit on a café, and I saw her coming and begging from the people there outside. She recognized me and said Ciao with a smile, not vindictive at all from the day before. I told her to come and proposed some strawberries I just bought (Oh yeah, in BiH I'm eating strawberries almost everydays: for 1,5€ I get half a kilo, and they are very tasty!!), and she was shy to take it. She was carrying a small bag where she collected some things and  I asked her whet she had : she showed me several things and offered me a little bag of honey that you get in bars with tea. I found it sweet.
 The day after I saw her again, entering in the big trash compartment and opening all the bags trying to find anything. I know that it's the life of a lot of gypsy children, and the great thing is that she was not ashamed at all when I came to her, going out from this big trash with her child innocence! I tried to speak with her, asking for what she have found today, she showed me, very proud of her treasure, some porcelain cups, still intact. And she insisted a lot to give me one! I refused, and went with her to the backery to get a cake for her... Then I made some pictures of her and she was so happy to see herself on the camera! Even if  I didn't change anything in her life and she willl probably continue to live in misery, I'm glad that I brought some smiles to this sweet little girl that I first condidered as a small monster...