Geo: 45.8069, 15.9614From the outset, we knew this day would be "wasted" as we had to cover nearly 400 miles to drive from Dubrovnik up to the Croatian capital city of Zagreb, where we'd spend the night. It turns out, though, that this "day on the bus" came at the perfect time, as most people (ourselves included) were tired from nearly a week of constant travel and sightseeing. We now had an opportunity to sit back, enjoy the view, read, sleep, talk, catch-up on Facebook....whatever. We had our earliest departure of the formal tour, with the bus departing the hotel at 7:45am sharp. Turns out there are scheduled passenger buses with numerous stops that depart Dubrovnik at 8:00am, and our driver was seeking (and succeeded) in getting on the road ahead of them. The sandstorm of
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