Our wifi at the apartment in Korenica, Croatia is not the best, so I haven't been updating for that reason. We are currently at a restaurant and I'm using their wifi, which is how I'm blogging now. The drive from Markarska to Korenica went very well--we were on a super highway that was in excellent condition with speed limits up to 130 kph, which is about 80 mph. We were able to check in early, and it was HOT, about 92 with no ac. :( A front came through late i...

We've spent most of the time here in Makarska just relaxing. The temperature has been hot--93 today, and if you're not sitting in the shade doing nothing, you are toasty. We wandered around the main tourist area yesterday, checking out different things. Had lunch at a place on the beach--prices here are more expensive than the other countries. It's crowded but we've been told it's not high season yet--can't imagine what it will be like then! Think it starts on ...

We made it to Makarska, in spite of having to cross the border not once, not twice but three stinking times!! Turns out that going from Montenegro to Croatia, you cross the border once, then a tiny bit of land on the coast belongs to Bosnia Herzegovina, so you have to leave Croatia and enter Bosnia, then repeat in about 10'miles. So frustrating!! And time consuming!! The entire trip was only 216 miles but it took us 7 hours. We did have to take a ferry across a s...