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Croatia IPA
Dubrovnik Friendship
Week
29 April – 13 May 2017
Bryan Tunney
; Staffordshire Branch
My wife Sheila and I joined 44 other members
and wives at the Albatross Hotel, Cavtat
for the two week Island Tour.
O
ur fellow travellers
were members from
many different countries – 10 in fact
which included ;-Australia; United States,
Canada, Estonia, Portugal, Norway, Belgium,
Israel and the host country Croatia. The UK
was well represented by members from Greater
Manchester, Metropolitan and my own Branch,
Staffordshire.
Our guide was Chief Inspector Vlaho LUJO,
Secretary of the Dubrovnik Branch, and his
wife Anna. They proved to be exceptionally well
qualified as they guided us through the length
and breadth of their beautiful country with its
many Islands and historical treasures which
are far too many to cover in this article. In all
we covered in excess of 2000 miles in a very
comfortable coach driven in safety along some
seriously torturous roads by an extremely skilful
driver. We witnessed exceptional friendship and
hospitality wherever we went.
In one stopover the wife of the local branch IPA
chairman, who had only heard of our visit the
day before, prepared a wonderful buffet that we
all thoroughly enjoyed in the warm sunshine.
This was yet another example of the friendship
and hospitality we were privileged to see
throughout our visit.
There were so many highlights to this wonderful
and well organized trip but it would be remiss
of me if I omitted to mention the two Friendship
Dinners at which we were privileged guests of
Croatian IPA. Each event was memorable and
lavish involving much laughter, singing and
dancing and the exchange of gifts.
For those members who have not attended a
Friendship week, I would encourage you to join
such an event. They offer a wonderful opportunity
to meet like-minded personnel of other lands, to
experience their history, culture and, above all to
form new friendships.
I would like to pay tribute to Vlaho, Anna and
all members of the Croatia IPA and to offer a
very big thank you on their achievements during
Friendship Week. It was such a happy event and
was a pleasure to witness the warmth, generosity
and friendship that this visit produced.
Well Done Croatia IPA
POLICE WORLD
Vol 62 No. 3, 2017
Article
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