Blogs from Croatia, Europe - page 141

The Italians ate all the Toast!!! If you haven't heard, Kim and I are vegetarians. As vegetarians, you often look for Italian food first when you travel. It is one of the most prolifically traveled delicious foods in the world that includes vegetarian dishes. Since we can get Indian and Thai at home easily, we look for Italian when we travel. Is 'prolifically' a word? That is the beauty of World-English, it is whatever you say it is. And, I hereby declare that 'prolifically' is a word. You can't do that in some languages. The thought police will arrest you. But you can do it with World-English if you keep moving globally. The thought police are only allowed to make arrests within their jurisdiction, and by the time they read this, we will be in another ... read more

Am Sonntag ging es endlich los. Auf nach Graz und mit Moni in den wohlverdienten Urlaub nach Kroatien. Nach echt sehr guter Vorbereitung, es war ja schließlich schon unser zweiter Anlauf, fuhren wir nach Rijeka. Die Stadt stellte unseren ersten Anlaufpunkt dar. Dort versuchten wir unser Glück um eine Übernachtung zu finden, dies gestaltete sich aber schwieriger als angenommen. Aus diesem Grund übernachteten wir dann in einem sehr billigen Hotel etwas außerhalb der Stadt. Da dieses schon auf den Weg nach Krk lag, machten wir uns auf um die Insel zu erkunden. Dort angekommen bestand die größte Herausforderung darin einen geeigneten Campingplatz zu finden. Dies stellte sich als sehr schwer heraus, da sich zu viele Menschen auf zu wenig Platz befanden. Nach einiger Zeit fanden wir dann aber ein schönes Plätzchen. Die nächste Herausforderung war: Zelt ... read more

After 5 days of rest and relaxation on Hvar, it was time to get back on the road. Up at 6am, we were in the ferry line by 6:45am. We ended up being one of last 20 cars on the 7:45am ferry. The 2 hour ferry ride was spent playing backgammon, snoozing and sunbathing. Matt and Syd had their eyes on some marble bowls back in Diocletian’s palace in Split so as we drove back through, they ventured off to grab these souvenirs (they each try and grab something that represents the trip to them - apparently these bowls will be filled with a bit of sand, shells and rocks to capture their Croatian experience). We decided not to retrace our steps along the coast and got onto the A1, part of the incredible highway stretching ... read more

Here are some of the last pics from the days in Zagreb. I think all of the blogs are now updated. Hope you found them a little interesting. Thanks for keeping track!... read more

We are traveling south along Croatia on a ferry in the Adriatic Sea. We took a 2 hour bus from Rovinj to Rijeka. The driver was smoking below a no-smoking sign, so we didn't feel guilty about eating and drinking below the no eating or drinking signs. We then took the ferry. The overnight ferry from Rijeka to Dubrovnik was sold out of private rooms, so we slept on deck. It departed at 8pm and arrived in Dubrovnik at 3pm the next day. Yes, a 19 hour ferry ride. We slept on the floor below a table and read books. It stopped four times along the way as new sets of people came and went. We got some nice pics. Kim said she will be planning the trips in the future. She said she is not ... read more