A day trip to the riverIt was the beginning of June and temperatures were already high. The long days in the hospital, during which they treated patients in the mornings and looked after the children in the afternoons, were taking their toll on Alessandra and Beyan, so much so that one evening, after seeing them slink off to bed exhausted, Goran promised to take them on a day trip to the river the following weekend.
The Euphrates is the most important river in Syria, and the only places one can see vegetation or cultivated fields are on the Mediterranean coast or along the river’s banks, as the captain had told the two girls.
On Sunday morning, after the troop assembly, Goran asked for permission to take a Jeep for a few hours. Meanwhile, Alessandra and Beyan took care of the food, putti
