Did you grow up in the city?
No, near the coast.
Is that where you were during the war?
No. Then we were in Vukovar. Small apartment, didn't have much money. We kept the children in all the time for safety. They would get crazy, what do you call it...?
Cabin fever.
Yeah... I was going to the market to...not for much, some cheese and bread... and they were climbing all over me. "Please let me come, let me come." And the answer was the same as always, "No, it's not safe." My wife stayed with them.
Luka...
No, it's OK. I was only maybe, uh, 50 meters away when I heard the whistle in the air. An artillery shell hit the building. (pauses) It's already done now. People rebuilt all during the war. One day you're sitting at a café, the next day it's bombed, and the day after that, they begin to build! That's what you do. Something happens, you rebuild, you go on. (pauses) We should probably go. Your mother will think you've gone joy-riding.
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