Through the mountains to Drobrovnik

It was one of those pack the bags, eat the breakfast and get on the bus mornings.  Our Sarajevo guide traveled with us to Mostar.  We drove around Sarajevo to get a better feel of the city--saw the Olympic village now occupied by locals, and went up the mountain to look down on the city.  The morning was misty and cool We basically drove downhill all day.  It was our turn to sit behind the driver in the front seat.  We did not see the obvious war damage today.  We drove along a river and the two power plants built on it.  Mostar is a tourist destination because of a high arched bridge built in 1535 (the largest one of its day) and destroyed on 9/11/1993.  It was rebuilt in the late 90's.  In Mostar itself, we did see bullet/shrapnel damage on buildings. Our guides were both grateful to US/NATO intervention.  We took a walking tour of the city (in the drizzle) and had lunch.  By 3:00 PM we were  on the road again.  Went through Bosnia-Herzegovina passport control and also Croatia passport control.  Drove through some beautiful farming country with grapes high on the hills and other crops in the valley.  Every fresh produce stand featured piles of red peppers and fresh mandarin oranges.  Through a Croatia passport control, B-H control, through a 12 mile strip of Bosnia's access to the sea, and then two more controls ending up in Dubrovnik, Croatia.  We are at a hotel located on the Adriatic Sea (we can hear the waves) and will be here for four nights.  Had a buffet dinner that featured seafood --we have been waiting for that. It will feel good to be in the same spot a while and do some laundry.