8:45 pm. Left Plitvice this morning and drove 210 miles to Mostar. It felt like a long drive to me, but took only about 5 hours. Crossing the border was no big deal, we are out of the EU but border crossings seem more of a formality than anything meaningful, and of course a new currency.
We had a nice conversation this morning at breakfast with a woman traveling with her Dad, both Croatian. They were vacationing to visit Plitvice Lakes National Park. She brought up politics this time, not me. She spoke very good English and was well aware of American politics. What shocked me most was when she said that Putin seems the lesser of two evils when compared to Trump.
Coming into Mostar we hit a little rain so we stopped to put on rain gear and of course it never rained again; it's a universal law that if you want the weather to clear up just put on rain gear.
Mostar is best known for its Old Bridge which was originally built to link the two sides of town, one side being primarily Muslim and the other side Orthodox Christian. During the war of the 1990s the bridge was destroyed and then rebuilt and is now a big tourist destination. It is shown below.
I also took a picture of a bombed out building in the middle of a very touristy area giving a glimpse of damage done during the war.
The cobblestone streets of the tourist area remind us of a middle eastern bizarre with shops selling all kinds of jewelry, fabrics and tourist stuff.
Love the architecture!
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