Bosnia 10 May: Split (Croatia) - Tomislavgrad (Bosnia)
This morning we got up quite early, as we had a meeting with the mayor of Split, Mr. Zvonimir Puljic in the city hall. In a friendly atmosphere we talked a little about our life on the road and then we signed the city's visitors' book, which will go to the museum when it's filled.
Thus we left a message for the future generations ( or history fans maybe). Then we had breakfast at a nice little bakery in Kastela. And then we ran the whole day, stopping first in Solin and than in Sinj.
In Solin, which is a town just a few km from Split we were greeted at the main square by great gathering of children, city representatives and sportsmen.
Local singing groups and school children had prepared a wonderful program for us, consisting of beautiful performances. Here we also met two junior kick box fighters, Zeljan and Lana Jesic, brother and sister, who stood 2. and 3. in the world championships. They also held the torch and thus supported the ideas of the World Harmony Run.
Our second stop was in the Sinj school. The mayor and the city representatives came along to greet us there. First a little group of young scouts helped us to bring the torch to the school.
The children here were very enthusiastic to play our guessing game and soon they completely surrounded us.
As we were coming nearer and nearer to the border, Amur, our coordinator for Bosnia and Herzegovina, suddenly turned up with a smiling face, catching us just somewhere on the road.
We crossed the border at Kamensko after running a few hills, reaching the 900 m height level on a day that we started at the sea level in the morning.
Then we ran our first 35 km in Bosnia and Herzegovina reaching our final destination of today, Tomislavgrad. We all agreed that the nature is really wonderful here, as we passed some splendid scenery.
Later in the day, while having dinner together with us, the mayor of Tomislavgrad told us an interesting fact about the plateau on which the city is situated. Above this plateau rises a string of sharp hills. So, it is a perfect place for gliding. As the mayor told us, one could glide above the plateau for 5-6 hours, or until getting bored.
Team Members:
Martin Leitner (Austria), Jana Chochlikova (Slovakia), Tatiana Chochlikova (Slovakia), Frank Foerster (Germany), Predrag Trkulja (Serbia), Petr Machacek (Czech Republic), Amur Basic (Czech Republic), Vladimir Grabovac (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Dragan Pucar (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Larisa Vojnica (Croatia)
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