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.
July 15th 2008Europe » Croatia » Istria » Krk Well, after a very relaxing and hot week on Korcula, on Sunday it was time to pack up the tent and head for the ferry terminal, to catch the Marco Polo to Rijeka, and then on to Krk Island, in the nor ... [full story]
July 13th 2008Europe » Croatia » Istria Arrival in Croatia
The ferry ride from Piran, Slovenia to Rovinj, Croatia was mostly uneventful. We did get the opportunity to watch an Italian "white trash" family on baord - lots of yelling, smoki ... [full story]
June 30th 2008Europe » Croatia » Istria » Krk Weeks 3 & 4: Dubrovnik - the mothership has landed!
On Saturday , 14th June we finally left the “comfort” of the Tamara and headed south to Dubrovnik. I was especially excited as my mum ... 29 photos[full story]
June 15th 2008Europe » Croatia » Istria I just Skyped with my dad's almost entire side of the family while they were all at my aunt and uncle's house for a father's day party and it was wonderful!
Just wanted to say hi to all of you agai ... [full story]
June 14th 2008Europe » Croatia » Istria Well I think I have had the most interesting experience of my study abroad trip so far...read on to learn more...
Yesterday was our last official Friday class trip...we got a later start than our p ... [full story]
June 10th 2008Europe » Croatia » Istria Well I definitely know how to watch soccer now... these Europeans are CRAZY about their soccer! Sunday night we watched the Croatia-Austria game, which Croatia won 2-0...it was like Badger game days.. ... [full story]
June 8th 2008Europe » Croatia » Istria » Rijeka We left Italy after driving from Rome Monday 2nd June earlyish. We set GiPS and he decided to take us due east to Pescara, then up the coast. The drive over the mountains was one to remember. You w ... 15 photos[full story]
June 8th 2008Europe » Croatia » Istria It has been a very busy past few days!
My birthday was wonderful, although I did miss all of you. Right after I finished blogging on my class break, I went back to class and they surprised me with ... [full story]
June 5th 2008Europe » Croatia » Istria Today is my 21st! YAY!
It is weird to be not at home with all my friends and family for my birthday but the people I have met here have already made it great and we have some fun plans for this eve ... [full story]
June 2nd 2008Europe » Croatia » Istria I am sorry it has been SO long since I wrote and updated, but we have been really busy here!
I have decided the thing I miss most about home is ice cubes. Nothing here is very cold and yet it is l ... [full story]
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