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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.

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By Caroline and Scott
December 12th 2009

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Hi guys, Hope you are all ready for christmas!. Since leaving Tirana we crossed into montenegro! WOW what a difference. firstly they have roads and people know how to use roundabouts and nearly park where they should. Montenegro is VERY up market, very affluent and very pretty. They have some how managed to adopt the Eruo even though they are not part of the EU yet!? It is expensive compared to Albania. We visited Stari Bar the first place on the coast. It is a 11th Century fortress with some churches and buildings still standing. From there we followed the coastal [View Full Entry]

By Dick Schmitt
December 11th 2009

The Walls of Dubrovnik Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Dubrovnik

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These are the captions for this album: http://picasaweb.google.com/schmitt.dick/TheDefensiveWallsOfDubrovnikCroatia?authkey=Gv1sRgCPun7on-t_qangE# It makes a lot more sense to see them by clicking on the link above Day or night, by land or by sea, Dubrovnik's walls are highly visible as one approaches this historic city. One of the strongest set of fortifications in Europe, these were never breached. The town fell only once, when that rascal Napoleon and his buddies were invited in to help defend -- and decided to stay and take over the place. (Oh, those French!) But to a large degre [View Full Entry]

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By JodinBill
November 15th 2009

Day One of Mediterranean Cruise Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Dubrovnik

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Our first port stop, we arrived In Dubrovnik in the morning where we took a bus from the cruise port for 10 euro per person roundtrip. It dropped us off at Dubrovnik's Old Town. First site to be seen was an old fortress with emerald green waters. Instantly we meet a friendly dog who loves to get belly rubs. We took our time with leisure stroll through the Old Town within the famous city walls providing a fortress around the old town. It was clean and beautiful with red tiled roofs and old European architecture. We sampled the local grappa, which [View Full Entry]

By cromoments
October 20th 2009

5 interesting sketches from history of Dubrovnik Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Dubrovnik

Dubrovnik

1.Did you know that in 667. anonymous cosmographer from Ravenna wrote down the name of the city, in its Latinised form: Ragusa-Ragusium? He wrote: “Epidaurum id est Ragusium” (”Epidaurum is Ragusium today”). The settlement of the same name had already existed. 2.Did you know that in 972, the people Dubrovnik chose St. Vlaho (St. Blasius) for their saint patron? His image was impressed in seals and money. Numerous statues of St. Blasius were made and the saint’s image was inwrought in the flag of the [View Full Entry]

By GregCath
October 11th 2009

Dubrovnik (nee Ragusa) Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Dubrovnik

Dubrovnik boat harbour

We arrived by bus on the northern eastern corner of Dubrovnik and in the shadows of a huge cruiseliner: the Costa Mediterranea I think. Apparently these mega-craft accommodate up to 3000 folk. All hell breaks loose when they all converge on a small place like Dubrovnik at once. We experienced a bit of this as we entered the old town with backpack and wheeled luggage. Gawking tourists all around us and stopping whenever and wherever. We made our way to a quieter part of the city where Catherine, via someone else's Blog, had booked an excellent guest house. We ended up [View Full Entry]

By shirleyvalentino
October 5th 2009

The last few weeks Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Dubrovnik

Markets at the Old City

Hi all, i had good intentions to update this daily, but here i am very close to the end of the trip and best i can do is add a few photos of this lovely area, sit back with a glass of wine by the waters edge and reflect of the beauty of the area. [View Full Entry]

OUtdoor summer eating and drinking areas for folks to go in the evening walk time

By shirleyvalentino
October 4th 2009

A lovely spot to relax on the homeward journey. Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Dubrovnik

Cavtat

the end of the holiday is at Cavtat!great location to relax. [View Full Entry]

By paulenski
September 30th 2009

Croatie 7b. Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Dubrovnik

Peljesac

Dans presqu'ile de Peljesac, le village de Mali Ston vit de l'ostreiculture et de la myticulture. Ston produit du sel, et le reste de l'ile du vin. [View Full Entry]