We arrived early for breakfast again this morning as we had another early outing. When we woke, we looked out our window and we saw water instead of into another boat. The weather didn’t look great though. The ship was docked in Vukovar Croatia. Vulkovar is in the eastern part of the country and not where most people visit when they come to Croatia. We got on the bus and headed to Osijek(O syeck). Along the way we saw war damage. The guide was great and told us a lot about the area. During the war of the early 90s, Slovenia broke away from Yugoslavia and all went well. That wasn’t the case when Croatia tried to break away. Croatia was the part of the country that controlled most of the money and Serbia (where the ... read more

We woke up early, followed directions and had our luggage outside our door by 8 am. We then didn’t even attempt to go downstairs but instead headed to the executive lounge for our breakfast. After breakfast, we headed to the “old town” bazaar. Unfortunately, it was not open, so we walked over to the castle. We had come here last year, but really didn’t get to see the castle. Susan and I took our time walking around the outside of the castle and exploring all the nooks. We saw some beautiful views of the river and the city across the river. We then headed back to the bazaar which was a huge disappointment. We didn’t have time last year to go even though we all wanted to, little did we know that there really wasn’t much ... read more

We woke up and packed then went down for breakfast. Ah champagne was on the buffet. Of course, I had to make a mimosa. Susan had some too. I checked email and sure enough we got a message back from the hotel in Berlin. It stated Dear Claire, thank you very much for your kind email, after your check out, we just needed to paint the room. It is a normal maintenance handling in our hotel. We want that all of our guests are satisfied with our rooms. Ha, so we didn’t destroy the room like the family thought. We checked out, left our suitcases at the hotel desk and took a taxi (nice town car) into town. This was one the hotel set up for us (we thought it was going ... read more

I woke up and ate breakfast. Don had gone to the store and gotten some croissants and I used Dennis’s honey butter. That stuff was really good. Susan walked to the store to get her and I a coke light. Ahhh some caffeine. We packed and headed to the airport in two rounds. Dennis drove half of us over and then went back and got the rest of the gang. Dennis and ViNi joined us for the Berlin portion of the trip. This was our gift to them. We took the local train from Dorfmart and then the ICE train from Hanover to Berlin. Oh my – I’m so glad Susan bought these tickets beforehand as we had assigned seats. Several of us got to our seats and people were sitting in them. They got up ... read more

This should have actually gone in yesterday’s blog. So, I called to get the pins for my credit cards. Susan said they were able to set the pins for their USAA cards on line. I tried getting it online but couldn’t find out how, so I called American Express first. This was for my Delta Reserve card. You know this is a card many businesses travel with. So, I got an agent and ask him how to get the pin. “we don’t have pins”. What, “nope, we don’t have them and you just need to find someone that will take your card and not sue a kiosk”. Are you kidding me, this is a travel card and I can’t use it at any kiosks??? I keep asking and I tell them about the USAA cards. He ... read more