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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

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