In Croatia my hosts were good friends of my cousin Jean. They were wonderfully friendly, charming, and graciously and generously hospitable. Their country is strikingly gorgeous, a treasure on the Adriatic I am so glad I got to experience. As usual, though, I want to go back! I want to visit the islands, I want to get to Dubrovnik, and I want to take the ferry to Venice.

Left: View of Zagreb from the old city (hill).

Below: Watermelons for sale at the daily Zagreb market.

Changing engines for the train at the Croatian border.
(HZ stands for Hrvatska Zeljeznica which means Croatian Railways.)

I took the train from Austria to Zagreb, passing through Slovenia, also part of the former Yugoslavia. At each border our train cars (wagons) got a different engine to pull us to the next destination and we had multiple requests for our passports and tickets.

Split, Croatia