First Stop: Dubrovnik, Croatia

All right, well, after way too long travelling, we finally arrived in Rome! I think the flight had to be one of my worst, because I had bronchitis quite badly and could barely breathe! And my nose kept running. Not fun on an airplane for a total of fifteen hours! And by the time I arrived in Rome, I had absolutely no voice left! Actually, it was quite humbling for me, and I realized how much I depend on my ability to speak. So it was stretching, because I pretty much couldn't really talk for the first few days of the cruise. Learned a lot through it!

We arrived on the boat and slept! The next day we were at sea all day and we slept! Then we arrived in Croatia. The blog is only letting me upload three pictures, so I"ll post a few more later on Croatia. Totally different from anything I expected there! It was absolutely beautiful! We took a bus ride up the coast, and drove through Bosnia as well. Then we stopped at a river and went for an hour riverboat ride to this restaurant that's only accessible by boat. We had an accordian and a guitar player on the boat, so that was kind of fun! The lunch was great and we met some people from the states who sat at our table. Then we headed back to the boat!














this was our live entertainment at the restaurant during lunch! Just when I was full and thought the meal was over, I realized I was only eating the second course!! haha..














these are the "walls of China" in Croatia and they go all around the mountain. It was really hot that day and we had the option of going to the top. Had I not had bad bronchitis and been able to breathe relatively well I might have done it!














this is a picture of Dubrovnik, the old port. The picture was taken from the bus, so it's not the greatest, but the city was beautiful!