Background: 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.
June 30th 2008Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia I’m sitting now in my own room in Zadar as the night takes over yet the day’s heat remains. Trace and I parted ways once more in Split, very close to the exact spot where we were reunited ... 77 photos[full story]
July 1st 2008Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Zadar Being my last night in Croatia, I’ve decided to jot down a few of my general observations as my day was rather uneventful, quiet, and solitary.
Croatia, particularly Zadar, is a café society ... 50 photos[full story]
June 27th 2008Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Korcula I LOVE - no am infatuated by - Croatia!! I already want to come back and am sad that we will have to leave. It is definitely my favorite country on this tour so far and it just gets better and better ... [full story]
July 2nd 2008Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Dubrovnik Heyyyyy Everyone...
Welll atm I'm in Croatia - Dubrovnik... Only just arrived this afternoon so I haven't explored the town yet... Have been to Albania OMG an eye opener... Second poorest country i ... [full story]
June 21st 2008Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia Day 1
Split - Hvar
We awoke from last night full of anticipation for our cruise. Being a little worse for wear due to croatia's loss to turkey the previous night we departed our hostel in sear ... 17 photos[full story]
July 2nd 2008Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Split No words or pictures can even come close to describing a fascimile of the beautiful region we are in. Split, in southern Croatia, is by far the most beautiful place I (Leah) have seen yet. It feels a ... [full story]
June 26th 2008Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Hvar Trace and I have been reunited at last! One whole week apart and I was suffering severe withdrawal. And no better place to reunite than the portside town of Split, Croatia. Coming directly from chilly ... [full story]
June 15th 2008Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Split Dalmatian Coast 7 days. Win can't get the diary up as the computer in the hotel is 1997 windows and it can not read his memory sticks. We will get that does ASAP.
Split is a fantastic town and the ... 56 photos[full story]
June 25th 2008Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Dubrovnik Check these out, some of the ads Jen mentioned in her Euro 2008 blog...
England - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFJ0RMeQdRw
Song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x0k6K-BL1E
Ireland - http ... [full story]
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