~ Terrace Review — Wednesday, March 19, 1986

Tour of
- Yugoslavia ends»

In numerous weekly articles, Terrace resident
Teresa Unger has been describing impressions of a
‘visit she and her husband Len Winter took of
Yugoslavia, The journey ends as they return froma
trip to Cetinje, a town in the mountains high above

the Bay of Kotor. .

by Teresa Unger

Back to the sea on
Thursday, Sept. 12, fora
trip to Korcula on a
Russian-built hydrofoil.
It was a very comfort-
able vessel, smooth, lots
of leg room and large
windows,

The 90 minute trip at
32 knots ‘took us north
out of Gruz harbor, bet-
ween the Peljesac Penin-
sula and the chain of
islands. We stayed out-
side, between the second
and third cabins, enjoy-
ing the breeze and
scenery.

‘Korcula

When we arrived at
the,picturesque walled ci-
ty of Korcula on the
Island of Korcula, we
were met by a local guide
and taken on a short
tour. The churches and
museums are repositories
of many fine works of
famous sculptors and
painters, both Balkan
and European.

The gold and silver
embroidery that adorned
old church vestments
was most exquisite. All
Saints Guild’s Icon Col-
lection, booty from
various wars, was stun-
ning as was their church.

Marco Polo

Korcula is reputed to
be the birthplace of Mar-
co Polo. The Marco
Polo family residence is
open to the public. After
the official tour we had a
pleasant lunch accom-
panied by a very tasty
local wine, GRK. A

leisurely walk around the
outside of the walls,
along the promenade,
then back to the dock,
The sea was choppy, but
the return trip was sur-
prisingly smooth.

Cilipi

Our. ist tour out of
Dubrovaii&k was to Cilipi,
very near the airport. We
stopped at Cavtat,
formerly Epidaurum,
which was founded by
the Greeks in the seventh
century B.C.

After surviving con-
quering armies and
earthquakes it was final-
ly destroyed in the
seventh century A.D.
Some think that it was
those survivors who went
north and founded
Dubrovnik.

A long promenade
along the sea is a
pleasure to walk. Tied to.
it was a long sleek boat,
the Emanuela, which we
had seen in every port we
had been to, Back up the
hill through the burn
damage of the forest
fires to Cilipi, known for
its Sunday morning folk
performances,

Hats told story

Ladies from the area
sold their hand-made
goods and, although the
practice is disappearing,
wore traditional dress.
The ladies hats told their
story. Young girls wore
little red hats and various
ribbons told whether
they were not yet in-
terested, interested, were

Citipi — singing and dancing at the Sunday morning Fotk

Festival.

currently serious or if
they wanted to remain
single.

Large white hats were
worn by married ladies,
but a black cross on the
back indicated that they

were widows. A circle

around that cross told all
the single men that she
was again looking for a
husband. An. intricate
signal system, but not in
use€ anymore.

Glorlous sun

After mass was con-
cluded the dancing and
singing began. It was a
lot of fun, so after
spending a pleasant
morning in the past, we
returned to Dubrovnik
and headed for our
favorite spot on the
rocks, to laze in the
glorious sun.

Our time was up and
we had an early morning
bus to catch. After a
lovely last tour through
town, picking up other
passengers at their
hotels, we headed along
the beautiful Adriatic

again, this time to the

airport.

Departuure

Our departure from

Cavtat — the promenade. At the dock is the sleek Emanuela” that we saw In Gruz,
Dubrovnik harbor, Kotor as well as here.

Yugoslavia was even
quicker than our arrival,
the only uniformed per-
son we saw was the
passport control officer.
On reflection, as we sat
in the airport lounge
waiting to board our
Aviogenex flight back to
London, we remembered
our expectation on ar-
rival of armed police and
military everywhere. We
were gladly mistaken.
Our arrival at Dubrov-
nik’s international air-
port had been met by
two armed militia, but
once out of the terminal
we saw them no more,
Occasionally we saw two
militia walking the

Korcula — the dock and the Russlan-built hydrofoil.

streets of the old city,
with walkie-talkies, just
like the British Bobbies
we had seen so often in
London. Little militia
cars, with the ap-
propriately uniformed
men inside, were often
seen chasing speeders,
but then speeding seems
to be the national past-
time. We did, however,
see a large naval con-
tingent, a whole group of
American navy person-
nel on leave in Dubrov-
nik.

Beautiful
place

Yet this was not the

only surprise we had on
our holiday. We had
high expectations, but :
Dubrovnik was even
more of a pleasure than
we had hoped, I now
understand how so many
people can hold one tiny
town on the Adriatic
close to their hearts. It is
a proud and beautiful
place that I would love to
visit again and again.

Council
report

Correspondence
received by Terrace
council at its March 10
meeting included a letter
from Rod Gillis, a Ter-
race resident concerned
about: the condition of
some district property
near the Terrace animal
shelter.

Gillis requested per-
mission to selectively
thin trees on the lot
because he said this land
is frequented by people
as a place to drink and
sleep. ‘‘As my children
and others pass by there
often, I am concerned
for their safety.’? The
letter was referred to the
appropriate committee.

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