We returned from our travels last night. I was too tired to write a coherent post, so I figured I better do it on Monday. Today filled up with calling a plumber because we had no hot water (the landlord had a plumber in last week to fix something, but they ended up messing up something else) so poor Carla showered with ice-cold water. I decided to wait until the whole hot/cold water thing cleared up. :-) It was all fixed by the afternoon, so life is good again.
Our stay in the tiny town of Bol on the island Brac was great. The weather varied from sunny to rainy, but we enjoyed every day there. The busy season had not yet started so there were not too many tourists around. Perfect! Bol is absolutely beautiful. I will post pictures as soon as I get a chance to organize them.
I am in the middle of watching Croatia beat Poland in the first round of Eurocup matches. As Croatia has already qualified for the quarter-finals, the Croatian coach put a team of second-stringers to battle Poland. Croatia is still playing great, however. Friday night, Croatia will be playing Turkey in the quarter-finals so guess what's for supper that evening: "A stuffed t(T)urkey!" :-)
On the way back from Bol, we drove through Bosnia to visit my family in Banja Luka (Bosnian city where I grew up). It was really nice seeing everyone and reconnecting. I plan to go back every couple of months, to make up for all the lost time. Bosnia has not recovered from the war nearly as much as Croatia. They still have a ways to go, but I did notice considerable improvement from two years ago.
Driving through Bosnia was crazy, as I had to drive on a windy road with a canyon to my right and a mountain to my left. It started to rain and I got stuck behind a truck (as it was hard to pass it on a narrow, windy, slick road). It took us 5 hours to cover 250 kms! After we crossed the border into Croatia, we got on a beautiful, new highway, where the speed limit was 130 km/h. All was well after that. :-)
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