It's still too hot to do much - so relaxing in & by the pool was crucial. The TV was set up this afternoon when Dragan returned from work. We then 'forced' ourselves to watch the Blues Brothers.

This evening we gave our passports another workout. We headed off to Novi Sad in Serbia. Dragan 4 (a good friend of Cvita's son Dragan) was our guide. Novi Sad is a huge city with a population of about 350,000. On one side of the Dunav is a massive fortress with a huge wall that was built by the Turks back in the 1600s. Overlooking the Dunav is an equally impressive Austro-Hungarian castle and its buildings (now a museum, hotel & cultural space for the crea...

The mini heat wave we are having at present is draining all of us. So today it was crucial that we spend time in and by the pool for most of the day.

Today the temperature rose to 37°C. As a result the pool was cleaned & put back into use. The kids cooled off while we headed to Mladen's (cousin) place for lunch. Mladen's wife is Snježana and his children are Karlo, Martina & Paola. Karlo & Martina are both studying at university in Zagreb but always come home for vacations. Today they were all at lunch and we ate indoors enjoying the cool of the air conditioner. I said previously the Mladen ...

Poor Sandra missed out on the get together today - she had to work from 6pm tonight until 6am in the morning. There was a large wedding (350) today after a small one (90) yesterday at the Principovac where she cleans the rooms, wedding reception area & the restaurant. She also works through the ocassional wedding, cleaning & maintaining the restrooms thorughout the night. Dragan and John headed off to Vukovar to change the air mattress that Cvita bought ...