Excursions to Vukovar, Dakovo, Kopacki Rit, and the Danube May 17-24, 2004
Vukovar suffered one of the major sieges in the 1991-1995 war. Many atrocities took place in and around Vukovar. Thousands of men, women, and children were killed. Mass graves are still being uncovered in the area, as they are elsewhere in former Yugoslavia. Vukovar is near the Serbian border. The town had a population of approximately 44% Croat, 37% Serb. Today about 66% of the town is Serb, largely because many Coats were killed or chose not to return after the wary if they were able to escape.
Damage to buildings in the town center and near the Danube River in Vukovar
The Public Library is a place where Serbs & Croats work together, with an internet station, reference desk, and children's librarian
At the Cemetery outside Vukovar where many of the persons found in mass graves have been re-interred.
Dinner in the evening on the Banks 0f the Danube River bring a mix of good Slovenian beer and wine, as Screcko and Sanjica can attest.
Everyone enjoys the meal and good company!
The Cathedral at Dakovo
Kopacki Rit, one of the largest wild life bird reserves in Europe. Samples of huts build by original inhabitants are on display
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The waterway was mined during the 1991-95 war. Signs along the waterway still warn about the possibility of mines.
The memorial to the Soviet soldiers who liberated Slavonia in 1945 at the Danube river that divides Croatia from Hungary and Serbia
On the way back to Osijek, we stopped at a restaurant to have dinner that is modeled after an old village wine cellar
We were treated to a special cake by the head of the library science department
Everyone enjoyed their dinner and the good company
