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| Monday morning we left the cruise ship for an excursion to Osijek and Vukovar. |
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| Walled bastion of Osijek |
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| Wood is the main source of fuel for warmth during the long cold winter months. |
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| Renatta was our tour guide. She was a teenager during the years of the Serb-Croat War. She told interesting and heart rending stories of those years when 2000 defenders of Vukovar were killed; 800 went missing; 22,000 civilians were killed or forced into exile. Population in Croatia today is 4.7million. |
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| 88% of the population is Roman Catholic This church building was a refuge for some of the city's population. However, as can be seen from the picture, it was severely damaged during the war. They are rebuilding now. |
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| Our tour guide described Vukovar as a "city of ashes", but that like a phoenix, it would rise from the ashes. |
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| We found the mood in this town to be like the pictures. We are reassured by the hope expressed by Renatta, however, for many life is difficult. |
1 comment:
I live and worked in Vukovar from 1997 to 2002. It will always have a special place in my heart and have so many happy memories. However, it has not changed much really. Things have not moved on that much. Houses have been rebuilt but the pain of what happened in 1991 is still so strong amongst the people who call it their home.
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