Hi everyone, its been a while since I've written. We were without internet while we were on the island of Brac. It was very fun. We got to take boat rides into coves. In one cove we saw very large boats. Merritt, Emily's father, said they were probably more than 1/2 a million dollors in cost. On our last evening at the island we walked to the town and saw 10-15 fairly large sailing ships. We asked about them and found out that they were students sailing around the Medditerian for the summer. They stopped there every year for one night. I think most were from Austria.
On Friday we traveled south along the coast to the very old town of Dubrovnik. It was a walled city and we got to walk along the wall. At times it was very high above the ground or sea. During the war(1991-2) serbian troops lobbed shells into this city. You could see where buildings had to be repaired. After that we traveled north-northwest to Serajevo where my father-in-law lives with his family. Merritt's daughter has had the same teacher since 1st grade. Much different then we do in the states. We have seen many buildings in which you can still see blast damage from the war years. We shopped at and open air market where a bomb killed 60 people during the war. Today we got to walk in the old town of Sarajevo. We saw the spot where the Arch-Duke of Austrai-Hungary was fatally shot and started WWI. lots of history and great chances for people watching. Miss everyone back home and hope to see you all very soon. Andy