The 2.4-kilometer-long (1.5 miles) cable-stayed bridge was built at a cost of €526 million ($533 million), and its opening was billed as "a historic moment" in Croatia because now we can bypass the Bosnian border.

 

I'm so glad Mom avoided every big city we passed, but I have a feeling she's not going to pass Dubrovnik

   

 

 

The drive to where we are now was beautiful, looking down at vineyards in every valley and gorgeous Adriatic water.

 

 

 

 

Many locals selling fresh fruit and jams by the road, Mom bought a Kiwi jam

    

We are at a beautiful campsite on this peninsula of Croatia and Mom says we will stay here for a while (Hmm I've heard that before)..........we are down there in the left corner now..........

 

 

Wonderful place called Praprato camp

 

 

There's a restaurant on the premises but Mom decided to cook herself this time

Spaghetti Carbonara. It was yummi.

Notice the milk? Finally, milk you could drink Mom said I suppose she has been buying the wrong kind before, because she said it tasted sour despite being bought same day 

 

 

 

Sunday morning we packed up our stuff from the last camp named Seget which was a wonderful place but so infested with mosquitoes and burrs that stuck in my hair and drove Mom crazy.

The day before we took a water taxi to the town of Trogir ...............which was a great place 

Since 1997, the historic center of Trogir has been included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites for its Venetian architecture.

 

Mom was hungry, so the first thing we did was to get breakfast. I ate most of the meat, Mom thought it was dry and tough

   

 

In the 3rd century BC, Tragurion was founded as a colony by Ancient Greek colonists on the Illyrian coast from the island of Vis, and it developed into a major port until the Roman period. The name comes from the Greek "tragos" (male goat) and "oros" (hill or mountain).
In 1123 Trogir was conquered and almost completely demolished by the Saracens. However, Trogir recovered in a short period to experience powerful economic prosperity in the 12th and the 13th centuries, with some autonomy under Venetian leadership

       

After World War I, Trogir, together with most parts of Dalmatia, became a part of the State of Slovenes, Croats, and Serbs and subsequently the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. During this period Dalmatian Italians, who until 1918 were present in the city, left for Italy

   

In 1939 it become a part of Banovina of Croatia. During World War II, Trogir was annexed by Italy and was part of the Italian Governorate of Dalmatia from 1941 to 1943 being part of the province of Spalato. After a short period of partisan rule, it became part of the Independent State of Croatia under German military supervision from 1943 to 1944. Subsequently, Tito's Partisans liberated it for the second time in 1944. After that, it belonged to the Second Yugoslavia, and from 1991 to Croatia.

 

So many narrow streets, restaurants, and typical tourist shops.We were told in the winter nobody is here, everything closes.

   

Tourism is the most important economic factor in the Trogir region, covering 50% of the municipal budget with more than 20,000 beds in hotels and private apartments. It is one of the fastest-growing ports for sail tourism in Croatia and boasts two yacht marinas. There is also a strong fishing and agriculture tradition among the population in surrounding areas

   

The most important industry is shipbuilding, with the shipyard "Trogir" established at the beginning of the 20th century. The shipyard has a capacity of two ships of 55,000 tons. Between 1990 and 2004, 93 ships were built in the shipyard.

There was a great castle there, and we were told that parts of the HBO series Game of Thrones was filmed here.

   

Mom couldn't resist trying this weapon, and the first arrow didn't even hit the target, and I thought this is going to get really embarrassing

 

That was a practice shot, Mom said, now I know how it works 

So the 4 she had left hit the target and two of them smack in the middle

Woohoo I'm proud of my Mom and I think the guy at the booth was a little surprised but impressed

   

The guy who drove us back shared his sandwich with me, it was a very tasty bologna

 

Oh I almost forgot lunch , you know the usual stuff 

 

So here we are resting and doing some more resting, and our newfound British friends came here with their camper so now Mom has a friend to go swimming with. I still will not go near that water so I stay home and wouldn't mind watching the car races with her husband, but Mom locked me up in my carriage, which I really don't mind I have a great view of everything going on around me then.

Life is great 

Kisses Henry