activity is also one of the most dangerous. To carry the water Arina uses Nadja's baby carriage. She hates water; it's one of the worst problems of Sarajevo's daily life. Often, the neighbor, who has a car, goes to get the water for Arina's family. Life without electricity and water is something Sarajevo's people were not prepared for. We feel like animals. The ones who live on the top floors are the most miserable. More exposed than anyone to the bombardments and sniper fire, we trudge ten floors in the dark, burdened with liters of water and kilos of wood, almost every day. 13. How much waste do you generate; and how does your family dispose of its waste? Trash is left on the streets and burned there, since it's dangerous for the garbagemen to collect it regularly. People and dogs search the trash. 14. Does your family buy, produce, or sell foreign goods? The former Yugoslavia was famous for being the only truly successful communist country in terms of quality of life. The state shops sold many foreign goods for a decent price: Italian shoes, German cars (Volkswagen had factories in Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia). The average person had a TV, stereo equipment and a car. They liked European fashion. People were able to travel abroad. Family Possessions 15. What is each family member's most valued possession? Why? Nafja: granddaughter, Nadja. At first, I didn't consider my possessions especially valuable. After I thought longer about it, I thought about my little lamp. This lamp might be my most valuable thing. Because it's always on, when it lights up it's the sign that electricity is working in the house for a while. So I will read or watch TV, my two favorite activities. So, electricity is really my most valuable thing. Lokman: granddaughter, Nadja. Also valuable are my medical book, the little radio, and my tomato plants. The Christiaan Barnard Illustrated Medical Book was edited in the early 70's, in Serbo-Croatian translation. It gives a general view of human body functions, illustrated with photographs