We certainly felt like we were rolling through the Iron Curtain as we entered Zagreb from the south: identical towering grey concrete skyscrapers of apartment buildings from the Cold War […]
Croatia
Plitvice Lakes National Park
There are three things one cannot miss when walking around Split: advertisements for boat tours to the Blue Cave, billboards for day trips to Krka National Park, and photos of […]
Vis
It’s amazing how chance encounters can shape one’s journey through life. When we arrived in Split a couple of weeks ago we hopped into a Uber for the ride between […]
Dubrovnik
Unlike France and Italy – where the well-oiled train system made hopping about the country a breeze – it’s a little trickier to roam about the Balkans. The train system […]
The Pelješac Peninsula
The Pelješac Peninsula is a finger of land extending north of Dubrovnik, from the isthmus that begins at Ston to the top of Lovišta. The landmass stretches across the mouth […]
Split
As we were walking to the train station in Bassano del Grappa headed for the ferry port in Ancona my phone buzzed asking me if I’d made a purchase of […]
Brač
A visit to Croatia isn’t complete without some island hopping. The state-owned Jadrolinija ferries that connect all the Croatian islands to the mainland, as well as offering routes to and […]