I have not been able to get access to a computer since leaving Turkey for various reasons. So far we have visited Split and Dubrovnik (twice) as well as traversing Bosnia and are now back in Eastern Croatia near the Serbian border. The coastal regions are very western – like Italy especially Dubrovnik. However once in the interior a different and war scarred land emerges. We have seen lots of wrecked houses and deserted villages as well as damage in Sarajevo and here in Osijek which is beautiful Austiran-like town on a river which runs into the Danube.
Our tour is a bit strange. We have no idea where we are staying until we get to the hotel and the bus is bit second rate. The tour guide the gorgeous Gorga has a very strange command of English and we arre a bit confused about what she is telling us. She calls all the Muslims Turks which does not sound politically correct as the Ottoman empire finished in the 1800s and the people were Slavic anyhow. She tell us that everything is beeeutifull! so we have to believe it. Think of Con the fruiterer mixed with Marg Downey doing her SBS announcerś voice.
Anyway we are all well – Vicky is recovering from a cold but battling on. Tomorrow is Zagreb-
