Thursday afternoon brought the arrival of Lisa, and the start of a weekend full of visitors. On Friday, Lisa and I took a whirlwind trip to the town of Medjugorje. Legend has it that the Virgin Mary appeared to teenagers in this town in 1981. Since then, Medjugorje has become the second most visited Catholic hot spot in the world. (Not sure of the first.) After some bus confusion, we arrived and found the town church and other religious spots with no problem. But we could not find Apparition Hill, where the visions occurred. With the help of a vague map and Bosnian instructions combined with wandering on a dirt path through vineyards, we eventually spotted Apparition Hill. Because we had time constraints, we booked it to the hill, which turned out to be the rockiest terrain I have ever placed my feet upon. We got to the Mary statue, took victory pictures, and made our way down the hill and back to town in time to catch our bus back to Mostar.

Lisa gets a gold star because she led our rocky hike in flip-flops, while I was struggling in Pumas. And she's not even Catholic. Kudos.