Croatia

Joyce and I spent a week in Eastern Europe and Austria.  We have dear friends, Richard and Carrie Westergard, in Zagreb, Croatia serving a mission for the LDS Church.  The following pictures are an indication of some of the experiences we had.  I have known Richard almost my entire life.  We were next door neighbors as little boys in Woods Cross, Utah.  We moved away from there in 1963, but returned in 1967 to Centerville, Utah.  Richard and I were teammates in high school, we played football together and were roommates in jr. college, we were at Utah State together and ended up in the same dental school together.  So it is has been about a 55 year friendship.  It was great to see them and they were fantastic guides and hosts in Croatia.  Here you can see Richard and me in front of the Roman Coliseum in Pula, Croatia.

 Her are Carrie Westergard and Joyce in the back seat.  (So they could chat with one another easier)  The boys stayed in the front seat for navigational purposes.

 Joyce and Carrie are doing their thing here in Rovinj.  Rovinj is a beautiful sea side town on the Adriatic across from Venice.  My friend Richard and I soon learned that it is quite an education watching these two go at it in the stores in the area.

 Here we had to stop to check out a missionary.  He had a tender tooth and wondered if he was going to have problems.  Richard is a dentist and kind of handles these types of questions.

 Here is a morning shot from our room on the bay near Rijeka, Croatia.  This sea side town is Opatija.  It was beautiful.

 This is a shot from the Citadel down on the little seaside village of Piran.

 Rovinj was one of our favorite places and here are Richard and Carrie spicing up the pictures.

 Still gracing the streets of Rovinj.

 Beautiful old town.  Rovinj at sunset.