Sailed most of the night arriving at Vukovar about 6am.
We are in Croatia!
Disembarked and a guide takes around his little town and educates us on how many times they had the crap beaten out of them.
The Battle of Vukovar was an 87-day siege of Vukovar in eastern Croatia by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), supported by various paramilitary forces from Serbia, between August and November 1991. Before the Croatian War of Independence the Baroque town was a prosperous, mixed community of Croats, Serbs and other ethnic groups. As Yugoslavia began to break up, Serbia's President Slobodan Milošević and Croatia's President Franjo Tuđman began pursuing nationalist politics. In 1990, an armed insurrection was started by Croatian Serb militias, supported by the Serbian government and paramilitary groups, who seized control of Serb-populated areas of Croatia. The JNA began to intervene in favour of the rebellion, and conflict broke out in the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia in May 1991. In August, the JNA launched a full-scale attack against Croatian-held territory in eastern Slavonia, including Vukovar.
Many of the building have been left damaged as a reminder including the water tower.
Back for lunch and we set sail again. This is the first time we have been able to view the river in daylight. To the right Croatia and on the left Serbia. Lots of what seems to be weekenders along the banks and plenty of Fishman to be seen.
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