The lands that today comprise Croatia were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the close of World War I. In 1918, the Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes formed a kingdom known after 1929 as Yugoslavia. Following World War II, Yugoslavia became a federal independent Communist state under the strong hand of Marshal TITO. Although Croatia declared its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, it took four years of sporadic, but often bitter, fighting before occupying Serb armies were mostly cleared from Croatian lands. Under UN supervision, the last Serb-held enclave in eastern Slavonia was returned to Croatia in 1998. To be updated
May 10th 2008Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Zadar Well hello Blogettes. It is with a heavy heart that I am writing my blog this morning. It is the morning of the 10th of May and we are sitting inside the Astra Yachting section of Marina Dalmajica and ... 23 photos[full story]
May 6th 2008Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Split Blogging from Split 5 May 2008
Hello everyone, we are currently in the ACI Marina in Split Harbour having arrived here yesterday afternoon. Taking up from our last blog, we bunkered down in Vbrosk ... 55 photos[full story]
May 2nd 2008Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Dubrovnik Day 3 (of the cruise)
Sitting back during the past few weeks and thinking about each of the ports of call on this adventure, I formed an image of Dubrovnik, encouraged by my reading and the internet ... 3 photos[full story]
May 1st 2008Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Hvar Dobra Utero (Good morning) from Vbroska on the island of Hvar
Fortunate for us, we have been able to find some more internet connection relatively quickly compared to our previous island hideaways. ... 34 photos[full story]
September 1st 2007Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia The tiny flame flickered furiously as it bent to resist external control. Its un-rhythmic dance served to tease its master as the glow swooped and swayed, paying homage to the wind. Rising swiftly upw ... 39 photos[full story]
April 26th 2008Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Dubrovnik Dubrovnik is amazing, but it has changed so much in the last year. It has suddenly become a tourist trap! There are groups of white haired English people roaming around on their rascal scooters and it ... [full story]
April 25th 2008Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Dubrovnik We left Verona yesterday morning and took a 1 1/2 hour train to Venice. Nate and I did some talking and realized we would have to make a couple of sacrifices to our schedule to please the budget and t ... [full story]
April 25th 2008Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Korcula Hello from Korcula Town on Korcula Island
Sorry we have not blogged for some time, I think in fact it is the longest blog break of the trip. Simple fact is we have been unable to get decent intern ... 38 photos[full story]
April 24th 2008Europe » Croatia » Istria » Rijeka April 20, 2008---
Tonight at midnight my Eurail pass expires. It's weird to think about it and it feels like a big moment in my European experience. This weekend marks the beginning of the end. ... 41 photos[full story]
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