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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

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By jessiestebs
October 22nd 2009

Sept 29th- October 8th Europe » Croatia

Sept 29th- Oct 8th So we stayed in Croatia with Nadia and Daniel for the rest of the week. For the most part we didn’t do much, which was actually kin of nice. The weather had definitely turned so there weren’t anymore beach days, but we found a spa with a pool and a gym that we spend some time at. Adam gave me another swimming lesson  One fun thing we did though was this “New wine Festival.” Every year in Kastav they hold a gigantic party with tons of vendors, amusement park rides an most importantly booze. We actually [View Full Entry]

By cromoments
October 20th 2009

5 interesting facts about Istria’s history Europe » Croatia » Istria

Istria_3

1.Did you know that the first evidence about the existence of pre-historic people in the Istria area comes from Lower Paleolithic times? The age of the pre-historic handmade stone hammer that was found in Sandalja cave near Pula is estimated to be around 2 million to 800000 years old. There are also findings from Upper Paleolithic times (40 - 10000 years old) at the site of Sandalja II and at Romauld’s cave in the Lim channel. 2. Did you know that Nezakcij (Vizace, lat. Nesactium) is the oldest town in Istria? Today this exceptiona [View Full Entry]

By cromoments
October 20th 2009

5 interesting facts about Island of Krk you did not know Europe » Croatia » Istria » Krk

Krk

1.Did you know that there is a interesting connection between the tradition of the island of Krk and the number 7? For example, the 7th century, when Croats joined the Illyrian tribes of Liburnians and Japods, presents a real historical turning point. This is only one example for the significance of the number „seven“, here are some other: Krk was historically divided into seven castles (kastel) that nowadays present 7 districts. And these are: Omisalj, Malinska, Vrbnik, Dobrinj, Punat i Baska. 2.Did you know that t [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
Our apartment is the 3 highest windows on the first red roofed building nearest the 3 storey Fort St John at the harbour entrance

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
Lavendar, herbs and home made jams are popular .

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
lovely water ways

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

By Xavier H
October 3rd 2009

Croatia: the sun, the sea, the fried fish Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Split

Dubrovnik
With a town like that and a beach like that, you can't really complain.

They say you must visit Croatia. They are dead right. Two and a half hours after embarkation of jet on a grey Surrey afternoon at Gatwick, we were in Split, in a cosy bay in the Eastern Adriatic. We were recommended for our first culinary experience of the holiday that evening a small underground mum-and-dad-run restaurant. The lighting was cruel, the music was bad, and the food was amazing. What followed was nine days of seafood risottos, fried sardines, hake, octopus and mussels complimented by crisp, dry and simple local white wines. Thanks to rather brilliantly losing my drivers' licenc [View Full Entry]

By AdrianaIna
October 2nd 2009

Istria Europe » Croatia » Istria » Rovinj

Rovinj at daybreak
Gabriel and I went out early to see the fishing boats. The light is extraordinary on the coast here--much like California!

The Croatian coast is the landscape of my dreams. This, for me, is the most beautiful of type of climate and topography: dry, rocky with lavender and brush and pine along the sea. And such a sea! The Adriatic here displays the most dramatic pallette of marine colors, from turquoise green to indigo blue. The water is clear all the way to the bottom and is teaming with fish, crabs and other sea life. There is nothing more exciting to me than swimming off of white rocks into a deep ocean, as we did these days in Rovinj, traveling by bike [View Full Entry]

By jessiestebs
October 1st 2009

Sept 16th-17th Europe » Croatia

Touring around Sept 16h

Sept 16th Today we piled into the van and Daniel took us on a big long tour. We saw the bridge to Krk, the harbor where they hid the war ships, Riekja and the big clock in the center and made it home just in time for some of Nadija’s minestrone for dinner. It was amazing! I don’t know how she does it. This place inspires me to start cooking more. Sept 17th Today we met up with another bunch of Ada’s relatives. Marina and her husband Nenad and their daughter Dorothea. Dorothea is 5 and had made Adam and I [View Full Entry]

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