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Having left Serbia the night before we wake up on the Danube River in Vukovar, Croatia .

Docking in Vukovar.

Scars from the conflict in the distance in the tall building remain today..

New life and investments are also coming to the city.

The city is situated at the banks of the Vuka and Danube Rivers. It is slowly returning to former glory and again looks forward to a brighter future in spite of numerous obstacles. We boarded buses for a tour of Vukovar and headed to Osijek.

Small early morning markets dot the countryside.

Looks like a brother to the famous Manneken Pis fountain in Brussels, Belgium..

Vukovar was the site of the worst artillery shelling of the Croatian Serbian War. Throughout the town scars still remain from the terrible conflicts.

Young boys playing football, soccer, in the early morning.

Ruins from the war are in the countryside too. Homes abandoned or families killed. or fled never to return. .

Rapeseed also know as oil seed rape, we saw it growing in the Romanian Countryside. It is grown for the production of animal feed, edible vegetable oils and is used as diesel fuel.

New apartment buildings are being built.

Football stadium

A coffee house we stopped at briefly with an English name.

We arrive in Osijek, the administrative and economic center of eastern Coatia. It is situated about 15 miles from the mouth of the Danube.

New centers have been built in recent years.

Flags of the region we are visiting.

Our local guide Teodora in Osijek gave us great informaton of life during the Croatian - Serbian war and great informaton about the city of Osijek..

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