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Mary Murphy
It’s been a busy summer so far with trips to Slovenia, Croatia, Ireland, and Portugal. And a few more in the offing, including Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Wrong bridge. Wrong river. But we went there anyway. We had thought, for some odd reason, that the bridge in Mostar was the one Ivo Andrić wrote about in The Bridge on the Drina. But that was the Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge in Višegrad, not the Stari Most over the Neretva River in Mostar. Still, we went. And it was worth it. The view from Lučki Most is chocolate box stuff – in both directions. There’s been a rumour doing the rounds for years that a German news crew paid Croatian forces to destroy it so they could film the
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This website is a travel blog. It’s not a commercial travel site. You’ll find reviews and links to various services within many of the posts, but they’re unsolicited. We include them only because we found them interesting or useful and want to pass them on to our readers. We don’t receive money from any of the places listed. And we never ask for discounts or free meals or anything in exchange for reviews.
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Medjugorje, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Slano, Croatia
Sintra, Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal
Bibinje, Croatia
Karlovac, Croatia
Vila Praia de Âncora, Portugal
Ponte de Lima, Portugal
Puducherry, India
Auroville, India
Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu, India
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Kochi, Kerala, India (2)
Kochi, Kerala, India (1)
Disclaimer
This website is a travel blog. It’s not a commercial travel site. You’ll find reviews and links to various services within many of the posts, but they’re unsolicited. We include them only because we found them interesting or useful and want to pass them on to our readers. We don’t receive money from any of the places listed. And we never ask for discounts or free meals or anything in exchange for reviews.