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I felt a little guilty leaving Dubrovnik all day but the trip to Bosnia was unforgettable. It was good to be in a forgotten part of the world rather than just the world famous tourist locations. The Mostar Bridge is a well know attraction but obviously not like the Roman Coliseum or Dubrovnik.

This is a good view of one side of the Dubrovnik walls with all the turrets. Even when walking the top of the walls, you don’t get a feel for how many turrets there are.

I had not done one item on the bullet list that Keith gave me about Dubrovnik, which was to get to the beach. It was really relaxing just to sit there and look at the island I had been to the previous day and the walls on another side. Of course, I had to keep my tradition of touching the water. I lucked out and got a French couple to take my picture. I’ve talked with several French people here.

The highlight of my evening was dinner with my heroes Abraham and Celeste. I met them at the T-Mobile store (not the most pleasant place to meet people). They have been traveling for over a year. They had planned to spend two weeks in Vietnam but loved it so much they spent several months there. They both have jobs designing apps for sports networks and therefore can work from anywhere in the world that has good internet.

Igor, the guide, suggested two places that have very fresh fish. One was in the Old Town and had very little on the menu, mostly all fish. Abraham is allergic to fish so that was out. Igor also recommended Postat, a restaurant at the Pile Gate. We met at 8 and walked over to the restaurant.

They brought out a large tray of fish that had been caught that day and asked us to choose. Abraham chose lamb but Celeste and I picked a fish to share that was about $90. It tasted like it had just been caught.

The reason why I call Abraham and Celeste my heroes is that they have taken traveling to a much higher level than anyone else I’ve ever met. They seem to get along so well and have the job on common. It’s a dream come true to be able to travel wherever you want and keep the money coming in. We talked until the servers started giving us looks like they wished we would move on, maybe 10:30 or so.

One topic we talked about was the generations. The formulation I’m going with is: Baby Boomers were born from 1946-1964; Gen X from 1965-1981; Millennials (used to be called Gen Y) 1982-?. Abraham and Celeste are definitely Gen Xers, which seems to be the forgotten generation. No one has come up with a better name than Gen X. The biggest personality in the USA for this group is unfortunately Ronald Regan. Society seems to be very concerned with what the Millenials want and what the Baby Boomers want but not so much Gen X. Abraham was regretting being in that generation but I know my niece Jennifer defends Gen X music. Of course, you can make anything of of any situation and Abraham and Celeste have made an amazing life for themselves. They have travelled to so many out of the way and also mainstream places.

You should check out their website at flight303.com.

Dubrovnik continues to blow me away. Here’s the main street, a church near the main gate, and one of many statues that are all over the place.

I hope Abraham and Celeste realize how special they are. I certainly do. I also realize how special Dubrovnik is. Off to Paris tomorrow.