Croatia Day 1: travel

Long day. MSP to PHI to LHR to FRA to ZGB to Dubrovnik. I got a decent night’s sleep. My Philly/London flight was almost empty. I had a row of five seats to stretch out. Took the meal (with a glass of wine and a sleeping pill) and don’t remember a thing until they were announcing arrival. Meanwhile Steve did not sleep as well on his MSP to AMS flight even though he was business class. I was flying American thanks to a free miles ticket from cousins, Kelvin and Becky Smith. (Much appreciated, guys!) We met up in Frankfurt without a problem.

Steve decided to have franfurters in the Frankfurt airport.

My supper was mauch classier.

We are returning to Osijek, a school with which we have had connections since the early 1990s. Steve will be teaching cross-cultural communications while I work in the library. The area is on the main track for refugees from Syria entering Europe. The local church has a history of social involvement, so it will be an interesting time—especially since Steve will be on a panel discussing refugees our first Sunday back in the US.

[Here's a link to posts from the last time we were in Osijek.]

Our last visit was in the fall. This seems to be a much wetter time of year, so I’m not sure how many good pictures I will get. But before we start work, we are taking this weekend in Dubrovnik, one of the medieval cities on the Adriatic coast. Hopefully it won’t rain the WHOLE time.

Arrived 11 PM.  The taxi couldn't bring us all the way because the old city doesn't admit vehicles--except a few Mercedes Benz on display following a major show of new cars. The driver gave us directions, but we missed a turn. We were asking a waiter in a sidewalk cafe when the guy from our hotel approached and asked if we were Mr. and Mrs. Hardy. The taxi driver had called him to say we were coming. Wow! Cool place. I will definitely have to post pictures of our hotel room in the old city, including the bathroom.

Where the taxi dropped us off just outside the old city