A Bump in the Road

The energy on our road trip was waning, as is the number of reads of this blog. Things start to get samey, and need a change up. I got a shake up from a knocking sound coming from the engine on our drive towards Split. I stopped as soon as possible and a helpful mechanic could find nothing wrong. He suggested I go to the BMW dealership in Split. There I met Mario, who spoke fluent English with me, German with another couple, and quickly found the problem with our cars. When the car broke down before, I could laugh about it. Now I felt like someone was causing me harm as I heard that the car could not be driven further without replacing the drive shaft. The part needed to be ordered, and that meant five days and many dollars.

 Jon suggested I sell the car and fly home. Appealing advice, but not very practical. DC and Mo suggested we take a bus to Sarajevo while we wait for the car.
So we set out on an 8 hour bus ride. My family has a game for long rides where we look for words starting with each letter of the alphabet on signs. I had plenty of time, but the signs didn't mean much to me. Hear is my version of the game on the bus today:

A: Adriatic Coast

B: BMW dealership where we left the car

C: Croatian coast and climbing

D; Driving south towards Dubrovnik

E: EU and Euro friendly

F: Fishing boats

G: Guards at the border enter the bus

H: leaving Hrvatska, entering Herzegovina

I: Inland route

J:Jars of honey to buy

K: Kuna to Konvertible Mark currency change

L: Lakes

M: Mountains and Mostar

N: No picture of the famous bridge because buses don't stop for that

O: Olive trees and Olive Oil

P: Pomegranates and pumpkins

Q: mosQues appearing 

R: River running through Rocky valleys

S: on to Sarajevo

T: Tunnels to go through the mountains instead of around

U; Unspoiled

V: Vineyards in Valleys

W: a Water Wheel turning roasting spits of lamb

X; uneXpected supper stop at a restaurant

Y: Yellow leaves making it look like fall, but it feels like summer

Z; ZZZZ its been a long day