A train from Ljubljana to Villach, and then Villach to Vienna was the plan. The first train – from Ljubljana to Villach – was on a daily train that ran […]
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Ljubljana
With only a few hundred thousand residents and 50,000 full-time university students, Slovenia’s capital of Ljubljana (pronounced LEW-blee-AH-na [took us a little getting used to as well…]) felt like more […]
Bohinj and Bled
The country of Slovenia is only about the size of the state of Massachusetts, so our base in Ljubljana provided an excellent launching point from which to explore some of […]
Zagreb
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 […]
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 […]
Bassano del Grappa and the Dolomites
Bassano del Grappa and Surrounds Bassano del Grappa is one of the walled cities originally built by the Venetians and afforded us an excellent base for a week to explore […]
Verona and Lake Garda
A visit to Veneto wouldn’t be complete without a trip to Verona to see where Romeo and Juliet declared their love for each other! Verona was an easy albeit expensive […]