joelmac
Joel McDonald Joined: July 20th 2009
Logged in: February 9th 2011
Logged in: February 9th 2011
Travel Blog Posts
One last photo on our last night.
Here are some of the last pics from the days in Zagreb. I think all of the blogs are now updated. Hope you found them a little interesting. Thanks for keeping track!... read more
At Krka National Park
Here are some more pics from the Brinje days. We did the typical thing and went to visit our relatives in Letinac and saw the old farm at Krizpolje. ... read more
The basketball game in Brinje
We passed up on the trip to Pula and decided to take the day to go to Baska on the island of Krk instead. We tried to swim on the way to Opatija in the town of Crikvenica, but drove through the whole beach area and could not find a parking spot. Opatija...was as I expected...pretty lame. The first night was HOT. It might have been the hottest night of sleep I have ever had in my life. I am not sure any of us slept...it was literally that hot. We shopped a bit that first night. The next day we drove to Baska to swim and then had supper in the town of Krk. Krk was ok...we then got back to Opatija right before a huge thunderstorm..which was nice because it cooled it off for ... read more
A sladoled break at Jelacic Square
We left Optija after talking a bit with Davor...and stopped for lunch in Karlovac. We ate at McDonald's and then met Domagoj at the toll area in Zagreb so he could take us to the hotel. We checked in and then went down to Jelacic Square to do some shopping. We also met Domagoj, Martina, Lea and Luka. Domagoj called Drazen Petrovic's mom to see if we could get into his museum since it is closed for the summer and she arranged someone to meet us there. We got a tour of the museum, which was amazing, and we bought a few things from it. It is an amazing place... We then went to eat...we tried to get into Boban's but they didn't have room for 10 of us, so we went to the restaurant at ... read more
Toni Kukoc!!!!
We finally got to Split and had a couple of good days. I'll let the pictures do the talking. The highlight was taking a trip up the bell tower with the kids and also getting a picture taken with Toni Kukoc again. I can't believe we ran into him and his kids again. Bacvisce beach was very clean compared to when we were there in 1996. We decided to skip the trip to Trogir. Finally got to Brinje today too...good to see the relatives. Ivana is keeping Abbey busy and Ayden has a new friend named Tomo!!!!!... read more
A View from the climb to the parking lot in Korcula
Ok...this is blog #3. This blog will include our pics from our ferry rides from the island of Korcula and then the nights in Mostar and the day trip to Sarajevo. Our trip to Sarajevo was great. It was long...and somewhat of a hassle do to road construction. I am in desparate need of a co pilot since my dad's sense of direction is...let's say...a bit OFF. Our day started with getting pulled over by the Mostar police and getting ticketed for not having our lights on at 10 am. Then when we got to Sarajevo...which was really worth it, but a LONG day...having to change a flat as dad and I with the kids...were looking for Lions field (the cemetery built during the war for those killed who could not be buried anywhere else) and ... read more
Princip's Bridge in Sarajevo
Here are some more pics from our last night in Bosnia & Hercegovina....... read more
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This is my blog from the town of Korcula. On Saturday, we left Dubrovnik and had lunch in Ston. As usual, it was difficult leaving Dubrovnik. Lunch in Ston was great. I had some mussels and then walked to the tower on the walls of Ston with Ayden & Abbey. It was quite a challenge and the heights made me a little more nervous than the kids. On our first day in Korcula, we checked into our apartments and then walked the old town and had supper. Today, the 2nd day, we went to Vela Luka...not much fun...got a parking ticket...looked for the Vlasic family and could not find them...Dad met a new friend and then got another visit to the Church there...you can see the pics with the blog. We had dinner tonight after church ... read more
Ayden making the most of his time in Amsterdam.
During our 2nd day in Dubrovnik, we went to Banje Beach and then did the usual. Dad said that we had to walk the walls in our wet swim suits...but he stayed behind...and needless to say, I was feeling a bit like Paul from the 2003 trip. I needed Mike to watch my back in case I had to use some lube. Fortunately, it didn't get to that point. I have attached some pictures. These pics are from the 2 full days in Dubrovnik. Not just the first full day. We did talk Dad into getting back to Banje today. So...here is what we did so far... Day 1 Arrived & went to the Old Town Walked the Stradun and ate in the old harbor at the Poklisar...the same place we ate in 2006. Day 2 ... read more
