Monday July 22, 2024

Our next port was in Croatia to visit Vukovar and Osijek. Osijek is the fourth-largest city located near the confluence of the Drava and Danube Rivers. It is the largest city and the economic and cultural capital of the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia.

Viking often has presentations from the local country. We enjoyed this Croatian band one afternoon. Got a kick out of the tiny mandolin type instrument.

We bused to a nearby village to be welcomed into the home of a local family. The woman standing in the blue dress is the owner of the home. She didn’t speak English, but her neighbor joined us and explained a lot about the area and the past.  Bombing they experienced and their church that survived. A most enjoyable adventure.

We saw stork nest in nearly all the places we visited. We learned they mate for life, leave for the winter, then return to the same nest. Didn’t see any of them carry a baby, however.