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11. Medjugorje- ca 1990

I was on a tour of Yugoslavia- it was still one country at that time, though Tito had already died.
One of the stops was Medjugorje, which was the one of the reasons I wanted to make the trip. My spouse, though a faithful Catholic, would not have been interested in making a pilgrimage just to go there, but a trip to the various cities - Belgrade, Split, Dubrovnik, etc.- was fine.

Our tour group did meet one of the women visionaries. So we attended Mass & maybe confession , but no retreat, etc. The town was extremely touristy, even at that time.

As I stated, I had no mystical experience there, though I believe others (not in our group) that say they did.

The next year, I sent my sons there as part of trip to the whole peninsula. The son who remains a practicing Catholic, had no extraordinary experience, while the other son, who is non-practicing at this time, said he saw the swirling sun, etc.

A trip to Rome is a fine thing, uplifting but not necessarily with supernatural elements.