Crest of Croatia, which is predominately Roman Catholic

Statistics of country that has a democratic political system

Croatia is bordered by Slovenia, Bosnia, Serbia, & Hungary

Railway connects all major Croatian cities except Dubrovnik

Site of worst artillery shelling of Croatian-Serbian war

Witnessing the scars of war (1991-95) & amazing rebuilding

Lovely floral shrubs throughout city of Osijek, an administrative and economic center of eastern Croatia

Our ship departs for Hungary as we'll be bussed across border after lengthy Customs check

Newly-constructed buildings beside bomb-destroyed ones

Passed by hundreds of buildings like this

St. Michael's Church in Tvrdja military complex - Osijek has been destroyed and rebuilt many times

Leftover military artillery along the road we traveled - Croatia declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1991

Tower of fort in urban settlement first inhabited Romans

Neo-Gothic Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul

Monk in Lady of Osijek sanctuary gives each of us a blessing card

More toilet signs.....

These were unusually colorful stems along bank of Drava