September 6, 2017
Ready or not, we are about to depart on another adventure. We can’t wait for time to come back and get us. So we are off to parts of Europe neither of us has ever visited. Thirteen different countries in 45 days. Are you tired already? Starting in the Czech Republic, we will begin our adventure in Prague then travel by road to Krakow, Poland; the High Tatras in Slovakia; and on to Budapest, Hungary; from there fly to Bucharest in Romania; drive through Transylvania to Sofia, Bulgaria; continue driving through Bulgaria to Skopje, Macedonia; visit Pristina in Kosovo; drive through Albania; take a rest (Mark is looking forward to that already) at the Villa Milocer in Montenegro; drive to Mostar and the religious shrine, Medugorje, in Bosnia Herzegovenia; spend 10 days visiting the islands and seaside towns of Croatia; and finish in Bled, Slovenia. Yep, there are 13 countries. I will need this blog myself to remember where we have been and what we have seen and done. I just hope I have time to do both the sight seeing and the blogging. Pray for fast wifi everywhere. This map gives an overview of countries we are visiting. I will also try to include a map of each country as we visit them.
I have already been reminded by a few of you that we are going only to Central Europe and not, as I supposed, to Eastern Europe. But I am not giving up on Eastern Europe. The maps I find on Eastern Europe and Central Europe tend to overlap, although this one, which I picked because it is easy to read, puts all 13 countries in Central Europe. So it is not clear where the line is, if there is one. When I get to Bulgaria and Albania, which do not show up on some Central European maps, I will ask people in what part of the world their country lies. Stay tuned. That will be in mid October.
Today we fly to New York and will spend three nights there so we can do some sightseeing we have missed on previous trips and see a couple of plays. Then we will fly to Prague with a connection through Heathrow. So Here is a map of the Check Republic. We will spend 5 days in Prague and then drive east to Krakow, Poland.
We are about to board our plane. More later. We are off. Julia
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